Birthday Honours 2024
Jasvinder Sanghera DBE
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Founder
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
“For services to the Victims of Child, Forced Marriage and Honour-Based Abuse.”
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
“Founder, Karma Nirvana. For services to Victims of Forced Marriage and Honour-based Violence.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
For services to the Victims of Child, Forced Marriage and Honour-Based Abuse.
View London Gazette notice ↗Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Founder, Karma Nirvana. For services to Victims of Forced Marriage and Honour-based Violence.
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
15 June 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
D.B.E.
To be Ordinary Dames Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Jasvinder Kaur SANGHERA C.B.E.
Founder, Karma Nirvana and Human Rights Campaigner
For services to the Victims of Child, Forced Marriage and Honour-Based Abuse.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64423 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
Location
Derbyshire
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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2013- Role at the time
- Founder
- Region
- Derbyshire
“Founder, Karma Nirvana. For services to Victims of Forced Marriage and Honour-based Violence.”
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Birthday Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Founder, Karma Nirvana and Human Rights Campaigner
- Region
- North Yorkshire
“For services to the Victims of Child, Forced Marriage and Honour-Based Abuse.”
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How common is this award?
The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 18 times in the Birthday Honours List 2024 — about 1% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Founder, Karma Nirvana and Human Rights Campaigner.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2024
Alison Baroness Wolf Of Dulwich
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Education.”
Anya Hindmarch
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London, Greater London
“For services to Fashion and to Business.”
Clare Marchant
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Malvern, Worcestershire
“For services to Higher Education.”
Dervilla Mitchell
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Engineering.”
Evelyn Taylor
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Business.”
Ffion The Lady Hague Of Richmond
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
“For Public Service and to Business.”
Hannah Rothschild
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Philanthropy in the Arts, Culture and Charity Sectors.”
Helen Stephenson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Charity and to Regulation.”
Imelda Staunton
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Janice Sigsworth
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Eastbourne, East Sussex
“For services to Nursing.”
Julia Hoggett
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Business and to Finance.”
Karen Buck
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For Parliamentary and Political Service.”
Karen Holford
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
“For services to Engineering.”
Professor Judith Irene Petts
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Seaton, Devon
“For services to Higher Education and to Sustainability.”
Professor Moira Katherine Brigid Whyte
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
“For services to Medical Research.”
Rebecca Harris
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
Essex
“For Political and Public Service.”
Tracey Emin
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2024
London, Greater London
“For services to Art.”
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64423, notice 4644779. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2024).
Published 14 June 2024.
Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2013).
Published 15 June 2013.
Location (Derbyshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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