Harini Iyengar
Harini Iyengar is an English Barrister and Governing Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple and on the steering group of the Temple Women’s Forum. She is based at 11 King's Bench Walk (11KBW) Law Chambers.
Biography
Harini Iyengar was born and raised in Manchester, England, where her Indian immigrant parents were both NHS doctors.
Education
Iyengar attended Manchester Grammar School and then went on to read law at Brasenose College, Oxford where she debated in the Oxford Union. Her thesis was in Freedom of Assembly and she matriculated from Brasenose in 1993.
Career
Iyengar was called to the Bar in 1999 when she was seven months pregnant. At the joint petition hearing between the Petitions Committee and the Women and Equalities Committee into High Heels and Workplace Dress Codes Iyengar said that, "I think that if you came before the tribunal you would have pleaded both direct and indirect sex discrimination in both cases, and it depends really whether we want to modernise what we regard as conventional dress."
Media work
Iyengar has also commentated in the media on high profile cases including: plans to force large firms to disclose data on the gender pay gap among staff (Sky News) the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations (Newsnight); and sexual harassment in the workplace (ITV News at Ten).
Politics
As a post-graduate student Harini stood for the Labour Party at 1997 Oxfordshire County Council local election, two years later as a working single mother she "found that none of the old parties spoke to me or for me and ... became disillusioned and alienated from politics for many years."
In the local council election on 3 May 2018, Iyengar was the WEP candidate for the Dalston ward of the London Borough of Hackney; she was also the party's candidate in the on the same day. Iyengar came fifth in both elections, attaining 7% and 4.1% of the vote respectively.
Honours
To mark the 40th anniversary of the admission of women into Brasenose College the student committee (JCR Committee) commissioned twelve portraits of past female students. Nominations were sought from past alumni for Brasenose women they believed to be inspiring and extraordinary. Nearly 200 nominations were received and divided into various categories of fields of work. The JCR committee then voted to select the final shortlist of twelve subjects. The twelve, including Iyengar, were then photographed by portrait photographer Bill Knight.
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Personal life
Iyengar is a single mother to three children.<ref name="HuffPost" />
Biography
Harini Iyengar was born and raised in Manchester, England, where her Indian immigrant parents were both NHS doctors.
Education
Iyengar attended Manchester Grammar School and then went on to read law at Brasenose College, Oxford where she debated in the Oxford Union. Her thesis was in Freedom of Assembly and she matriculated from Brasenose in 1993.
Career
Iyengar was called to the Bar in 1999 when she was seven months pregnant. At the joint petition hearing between the Petitions Committee and the Women and Equalities Committee into High Heels and Workplace Dress Codes Iyengar said that, "I think that if you came before the tribunal you would have pleaded both direct and indirect sex discrimination in both cases, and it depends really whether we want to modernise what we regard as conventional dress."
Media work
Iyengar has also commentated in the media on high profile cases including: plans to force large firms to disclose data on the gender pay gap among staff (Sky News) the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations (Newsnight); and sexual harassment in the workplace (ITV News at Ten).
Politics
As a post-graduate student Harini stood for the Labour Party at 1997 Oxfordshire County Council local election, two years later as a working single mother she "found that none of the old parties spoke to me or for me and ... became disillusioned and alienated from politics for many years."
In the local council election on 3 May 2018, Iyengar was the WEP candidate for the Dalston ward of the London Borough of Hackney; she was also the party's candidate in the on the same day. Iyengar came fifth in both elections, attaining 7% and 4.1% of the vote respectively.
Honours
To mark the 40th anniversary of the admission of women into Brasenose College the student committee (JCR Committee) commissioned twelve portraits of past female students. Nominations were sought from past alumni for Brasenose women they believed to be inspiring and extraordinary. Nearly 200 nominations were received and divided into various categories of fields of work. The JCR committee then voted to select the final shortlist of twelve subjects. The twelve, including Iyengar, were then photographed by portrait photographer Bill Knight.
Bibliography
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;Webinar
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Personal life
Iyengar is a single mother to three children.<ref name="HuffPost" />
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