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The Baroness Gohir
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Official portrait, 2022
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| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 24 June 2022 Life Peerage | |
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| Born | (1969-02-27) 27 February 1969 (age 55) |
| Political party | Crossbench |
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Shaista Gohir, Baroness Gohir OBE (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]
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]
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]
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