War correspondent Adie and nun fighting modern slavery among recipients of awards
REMARKABLE WOMEN including a nun fighting modern slavery and a businesswoman who made her fortune in fake tan are among those honoured in this 100th anniversary year of women’s suffrage – although men outnumber women on the list.
Renowned war correspondent Kate Adie is made a CBE for services to media, while Stacey Dooley, known for her BBC Three investigative series covering topics from the fight against so-called Isis to abortion, receives an MBE for services to broadcasting.
Among the politicians honoured are Conservative MPs Eleanor Laing and Bernard Jenkin, awarded a damehood and a knighthood respectively for their political and public service, while Labour’s Louise Ellman has also been made a dame for parliamentary and political services.
Of the total number recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list this year, 210 have been made an OBE, 392 an MBE, and 318 awarded a BEM. Forty-nine per cent of the honorees are women, while 10 per cent of all those on the list are from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
In healthcare, chief scientific officer for NHS England Professor Susan Hill is made a dame for services to the 100,000 Genome Project and to NHS Genomic Medicine, while surgeon Nadine Hachach-Haram is awarded a BEM for services to surgery and innovation, having co-founded a company pioneering virtual access to surgery for people in remote areas.
In the business sphere, Judy Naake, who made millions selling St Tropez self-tanning products, initially from the back of her car, receives an MBE for services to entrepreneurship, the community and philanthropy.
Jo Malone, creator of the selftitled luxury perfumery brand who has since started the fragrance-centred Jo Loves business, is awarded a CBE for services to the British economy and the GREAT Britain campaign, which encourages people to visit and invest in the UK.
The 54-year-old, who grew up on a council estate and left school aged 15 without qualifications, said she was proud to be among the “amazing” recipients in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Meanwhile, a nun who has spent almost a decade heading an anti-human trafficking network across Europe hopes her inclusion on the honours list will draw attention to the “terrible crime”. Sister Imelda Poole, president of Religious in Europe Networking Against Trafficking and Exploitation (RENATE), has been made an MBE for services to combating modern slavery.
Classicist Mary Beard said it was a “smashing honour” to be made a dame in the Queen’s Birthday honours for services to the study of classical civilisations.
Author Jeanette Winterson said she hopes her CBE helps boost women’s “visibility” in the arts, adding: “We are still holding up half the sky.” The writer of
is honoured for services to literature.