Shaista Gohir, Baroness Gohir Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	The Right Honourable
The Baroness Gohir
Honorific Suffix:	OBE
Office1:	Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Term Start1:	24 June 2022 Life Peerage
Birth Date:	27 February 1969
Party:	Crossbench

Shaista Gohir, Baroness Gohir (born 27 February 1969)^[1] is a British women's rights campaigner. She leads the national charity, Muslim Women's Network UK (MWNUK). Her nomination by the House of Lords Appointments Commission as a Crossbench life peer was announced on 17 May 2022.^[2]

Personal life

Gohir's parents immigrated to England in the early 1960s and are originally from Daultala, Pakistan.^[3] Gohir is a mother to three children and lives in Hall Green.^[4]

Awards and honours

She was appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to Muslim People and to Community Relations^[5] and Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to Gender Equality and Women's Rights.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shaista Gohir . api.parliament.uk . 30 June 2022.
2. http://lordsappointments.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/HOLAC-PN-170522-1-1.pdf HOLAC press release
3. News: British Pakistani female campaigner appointed to the House of Lords . 23 June 2022 . www.thenews.com.pk . en.
4. Web site: Haynes . Jane . 'Baroness of Hall Green' - activist Shaista Gohir made life peer . BirminghamLive . 23 June 2022 . en . 23 May 2022.
5. Web site: Order of the British Empire. www.thegazette.co.uk.
6. Web site: BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST—UNITED KINGDOM. www.thegazette.co.uk.