Full title
The Baroness Afshar OBE
Name
Haleh Afshar
Party/group
Crossbench
Joined the Lords
11 December 2007
Contact details
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 0207 219 8530
Fax: 020 7219 5979
afsharh@parliament.uk
Biography
Professional life
| Job title |
Organisation |
Date |
| Professor Emeritus |
University of York |
2011- |
| Member |
Nuffield Council on Bioethics and pharmacogenetics |
2002-04 |
Public life
| Post |
Organisation |
Date |
| Commissioner |
National Commission for Women |
2008-10 |
| Member |
Honours Education Committee |
2007- |
| Commissioner |
UK Drug Policy Commission |
2006- |
| Hon President |
Muslim Women's Network |
2002- |
Member's focus
| Policy |
| Asylum, immigration and nationality |
| Communities and families |
| Crime, civil law, justice and rights |
| Education |
| Employment and training |
| Health services and medicine |
| International affairs |
| Women |
| Islam. |
| World |
| France |
| India |
| Middle East. |
Register of Interests
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2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
- Professor of Politics, University of York
- Visiting Professor of Islamic Law, Faculté Internationale de Droit Comparé, University of Strasbourg
- Commissioner, Women's National Commission (honorarium)
- Occasional fees from media for interviews and programmes such as BBC Any Questions and Newsnight
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6: Sponsorship
- PA funded by University of York
- Four unpaid researchers (part-time)
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10: Non-financial interests (e)
- Commissioner, UK Drug Policy Commission
- Chair, Communication Committee, British Muslim Research Centre