Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar

Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar OBE (born 1944) is a Professor in Politics and Women's Studies at the University of York and Visiting Professor of Islamic Law at the Faculté Internationale de Droit Comparé. Of Iranian origin, she worked as a journalist before and after her initial studies at York, where she returned after receiving her PhD from Cambridge University.

Afshar serves on several bodies, notably the British Council and the United Nations Association, of which she is Honorary President of International Services. She was appointed to the board of the Women's National Commission in September 2008. She was appointed to the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours list of June 2005. [cite web |url = http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=196741&sectioncode=26 | title = Queen's Birthday Honours List | format = HTML | accessdate = 2008-03-10] On October 18 2007 it was announced that she would be created a baroness and join the House of Lords as a cross-bench (non-party political) peer. She was formally introduced into the House of Lords on December 11 2007, as Baroness Afshar of Heslington in the County of North Yorkshire.

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* Miss Haleh Afshar (1944–?)
* Dr Haleh Afshar (?–?)
* Professor Haleh Afshar (?–2005)
* Professor Haleh Afshar OBE (2005–2007)
* The Rt. Hon. Professor The Baroness Afshar OBE (2007–)

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* [http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/poli/prdu/Haleh.htm University of York staff profile]
* [http://www.persianmirror.com/Article_det.cfm?id=1811&getArticleCategory=41&getArticleSubCategory=117 Biography of Haleh Afshar]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/baroness_afshar Profile on TheyWorkForYou.com]