Fiona Hodgson, Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

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Fiona Ferelith Hodgson, Baroness Hodgson of Abinger , CBE (* 7. November 1954 in the county of Surrey ) is a British entrepreneur , human rights activist and politician of the Conservative Party . Since September 2013 she has been a Life Peer member of the House of Lords .

Life

Education, job, private life

Fiona Hodgson was born as Fiona Ferelith Allom. Her parents lived in Dorking in the county of Surrey . She attended Queen Anne's School, a Church of England boarding school for girls, in Caversham and Guildford High School in Guildford, Surrey. She began her professional career in the public service . She then worked in market research . For over 25 years she has worked as an independent entrepreneur with various small sole proprietorships. She has been the owner of her own interior design, furniture and decoration company since the late 1990s .

Hodgson has been married to former British economic manager and politician Robin Hodgson, Baron Hodgson of Astley Abbotts , since 1982 . The marriage had five children. The twin brother of their first son died shortly after he was born in 1986. Hodgson lives with her husband alternately in London and Shropshire . Her hobbies include walking , horse riding , skiing , reading , cooking and being with family .

politics

Hodgson's entry into politics began in the early 1990s, influenced by meeting her husband, Robin Hodgson, Baron Hodgson of Astley Abbotts . For many years she worked for the Conservative Women's Organization (CWO), the women's representation of the Conservative Party. She started working there with fundraising . In 1992 she was elected to the Executive Committee of the Conservative Women's Organization. In 1995, she chaired the Blue Ribbon Dinner, a Conservative Party fundraising dinner . On the occasion of the British general election in 1997 , she designed the cookbook Cabinet Puddings in order to receive campaign donations; The cookbook All Star Starters followed in 2001 on the occasion of the British general election in 2001 . In 2002 she became "Deputy Chairman" of the CWO; From 2003 to 2005 she was Vice Chairman of the Conservative Women's Organization. From March 2005 to 2008 she was Chairman (Chairman) of the Conservative Women's Organization, then from 2008 to 2011 President (President) of the Conservative Women's Organization. Since 2011 she has been Honorary Vice President of the CWO.

During her time as Chairwoman of the CWO, she initiated the Conservative Women's Forum of the Conservative Party, and set up the CWO Muslim Group , an association of Muslim and non-Muslim women of the CWO with the aim of promoting mutual understanding of each other's culture and promote religion . Hodgson's activities were not limited to the United Kingdom. In 2007 and 2008 she was a member of the Conservative Party's Social Action Project Umbano in Rwanda and Sierra Leone . As part of the project, Hodgson was particularly committed to improving medical care and the health of the population in the two countries. In 2007 she spoke to members of the European Parliament in Brussels . From 2008 to 2013 she represented the CWO at the United Nations at the annual meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York City .

Since 2008, Hodgson has shifted her focus in particular to international aid projects and aid organizations . Her political work focuses in particular on: women's rights in developing countries and countries with civil war (conflict countries), the social role of women in Muslim cultures, human rights , as well as medical care and health improvement in third world countries .

She is currently (as of February 2014) trustee (trustee) of the Chalker Foundation and chairman (chairman) of the advisory board of the network Gender Action in Peace and Security (GAPS), an association of non-profit organizations that specialize in the following areas Human rights and humanitarian aid. She is also a member of Oxfam . She is the patron of the human rights organization Afghan Connection , which campaigns for women's rights in Afghanistan . In 2010, Hodgson was co-editor of the anthology The Female Face of Afghanistan , with contributions on the social situation of women and women's rights in Afghanistan. In June 2011 she survived an attack carried out by heavily armed Taliban fighters on the Hotel Inter-Continental in Kabul ; she was hiding in a closet with a friend.

Party offices

From 2009 to 2012 Hodgson was a member of the Board of the Conservative Party, first as Vice President of the National Conservative Convention (2009-2011), then in 2012 as President. In October 2011, she chaired the party congress of the Conservative Party ( Party Conference ) in Manchester . She is currently (as of February 2014) Vice Chairman of the Conservative Policy Forum and a member of the Conservative Human Rights Commission.

Membership in the House of Lords

In July 2013 it was announced that Hodgson was to be named a Life Peer and a member of the House of Lords for the Conservative Party . She was appointed as a so-called “working peer”. On September 16, 2013, Baroness Hodgson of Abinger , of Abinger in the County of Surrey, was elevated to a Life Peer title and has been a member of the House of Lords ever since. On October 22, 2013, with the assistance of Joan Seccombe, Baroness Seccombe and Robin Hodgson, Baron Hodgson of Astley Abbotts , she was officially inducted into the House of Lords.

Orders and decorations

In 2012, Hodgson was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the annual New Year Honors List in recognition of her commitment to gender equality ("For services to Gender Equality").

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fiona Ferelith Hodgson entry Leighrayment.com. Retrieved February 6, 2014
  2. ↑ a b Fiona Ferelith Allom, Baroness Hodgson of Abinger on thepeerage.com , accessed September 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ Baroness Fiona Hodgson of Abinger, CBE, Chair Biography. Official website. Retrieved February 6, 2014
  4. ↑ Peer's wife: I hid in cupboard as Taliban searched hotel in: London Evening Standard of July 12, 2011
  5. ↑ Working peerages announced Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street on August 1, 2013
  6. ^ Crown Office in: London Gazette, September 19, 2013. Issue 60632. Page 18509. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  7. ↑ Introduction: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger Minutes of the House of Lords meeting of October 22, 2013
  8. ↑ New Years Honors List 2012 in: The Daily Telegraph, December 31, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Hodgson, Fiona, Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Allom, Fiona Ferelith (maiden name); Hodgson, Fiona Ferelith (married name); Hodgson, Fiona Ferelith, Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British entrepreneur, human rights activist and Conservative Party politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Surrey , England, UK