About Mary Goudie, Baroness Goudie
Mary Teresa Goudie, Baroness Goudie is a British politician and life peer, currently sitting for the Labour Party. In 1998, she was made a life peer as Baroness Goudie, of Roundwood in the London Borough of Brent. She is on the board of Vital Voices and is involved in promoting gender equity with both the G8 and G20. In 1971, Goudie became the youngest woman elected to the Brent London Borough Council. In recognition of her work, Goudie was awarded the 2010 Global Power Award by the Center for Women Policy Studies and in 2011, she received The Womensphere Global Leadership Award. In October 2012, Goudie was awarded the TIAW – The International Alliance for Women – World of Difference 100 Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution in making a difference to the economic empowerment of women. Goudie was campaign manager to Lord Hattersley who became Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.
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