Birthday Honours 2015
Helen Jane HOBSON OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Organisation: Department for International Development
“Senior Social Development Adviser, Department for International Development. For services to Women in Developing Countries Combating Female Genital Mutilation.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Senior Social Development Adviser, Department for International Development. For services to Women in Developing Countries Combating Female Genital Mutilation.
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“Senior Social Development Adviser, Department for International Development. For services to Women in Developing Countries Combating Female Genital Mutilation.”
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“Senior Social Development Adviser, Department for International Development. For services to Women in Developing Countries Combating Female Genital Mutilation.”
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The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 259 times in the Birthday Honours List 2015 — about 21% of the list.
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1,264 Officer of the Order of the British Empire recipients are from London.
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2,161 people have been recognised for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2015
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2015). No individual Gazette notice has been matched to this record yet.
Published 14 June 2015.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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