The Rt Hon the Lady D'Souza, CMG

The Rt Hon the Lady D'Souza, CMG's Biography

Forename(s)
Frances Gertrude Claire D'Souza
Sex
Female
Decorations
CMG (1998), PC (2009)
Date of Birth
18/4/1944
Foretitle(s)
Baroness (Life Peer UK 2004), of Wychwood in the County of Oxfordshire; Rt Hon Dr
Surname
D'SOUZA
Style
The Rt Hon the Lady D'Souza, CMG
Recreations
music, especially opera, string quartets, serious walking

The Rt Hon the Lady D'Souza, CMG's Professional Career

Career
Ford Fndn research fell Wellcome Inst of Comparative Physiology 1973-77, pt/t lectr Dept of Anthropology LSE 1974-80, sr lectr in physical anthropology Dept of Humanities Oxford Poly (now Brookes Univ) 1977-79, res dir Relief and Development Inst 1983-86 (fndr dir 1979-83), dir Article 19 Int Centre against Censorship 1989-98; dir The Redress Tst 2003-05; Convenor of the Crossbench Peers House of Lords 2007-; fndr memb: AfghanAid 1981-89, Int Broadcasting Tst, Cncl for Arms Control 1982-85, Int Alert 1982-92, Int Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) 1992 (convenor 1994); govr Westminster Fndn for Democracy 1999-2007; memb Ind Monitoring Bd HMP Wormwood Scrubs 2006-07

The Rt Hon the Lady D'Souza, CMG's Publications

Books and Publications
author of numerous scientific papers, journalism and human rights pubns; regular broadcaster

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