Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar
Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar OBE ( ; * May 21, 1944 in Tehran , Iran ) is a professor of politics and women's studies at the University of York , where she also studied in the 1960s, and visiting professor of Islamic law at the Faculté Internationale de Droit Comparé of the Université de Strasbourg . She received her PhD from the University of Cambridge .
In June 2005 she was accepted as an officer in the Order of the British Empire . On December 11, 2007, she was accepted as a non-party Life Peer into the House of Lords and received the title Baroness Afshar , of Heslington in the County of North Yorkshire. Afshar is the first female member of Iranian origin in the British House of Lords. She's sitting there as a crossbencher .
Life
Afshar grew up in Iran, where she also worked as a journalist for a while. She is active on several bodies, including the British Council and the United Nations Association . Haleh Afshar is the founder and chairwoman of a Muslim women's network and advises the UK government on political issues related to Muslim women and Islamic law.
family
Haleh Afshar's father was Hassan Afshar , a law professor at Tehran University . She is married to the math professor Maurice Dodson , who also works at the University of York.
Fonts (selection)
- Women, Work and Ideology in the Third World . 1985.
- Iran, a Revolution in Turmoil: A Revolution in Turmoil . 1985.
- Women, State, and Ideology: Studies from Africa and Asia . 1987.
- Women, Poverty and Ideology in Asia: Contradictory Pressures, Uneasy Resolutions . 1989. (Co-author: Bina Agarwal)
- Women, Development, and Survival in the Third World . 1991.
- Women in the Middle East: Perceptions, Realities, and Struggles for Liberation . 1993.
- Women and Politics in the Third World . 1996.
- Women and Empowerment: Illustrations from the Third World . 1998.
- Islam and Feminisms: An Iranian Case-Study . 1998.
- Women, Globalization and Fragmentation in the Developing World . 1999.
Web links
- Profile on the University of York website ( January 7, 2014 memento on the Internet Archive )
- Detailed biography of Haleh Afshar ( Memento from February 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Profile on TheyWorkForYou.com
- Biography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Queen's Birthday Honors List . Retrieved March 10, 2008.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Afshar, Haleh, Baroness Afshar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Afshar, Haleh Afshar, Baroness |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian-British political scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tehran , Iran |