Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar, OBE, FAcSS (Persian: هاله افشار; born 21 May 1944) is a British professor in politics and women's studies at the University of York, England and a life peer in the House of Lords. She is a prominent Muslim feminist, and characterises herself as a Socialist and a Shi'a Muslim. Her background is in equal opportunities in Britain, and before that, land reform and development in Iran, where she grew up, and journalism in both countries.
