Mentions:
1: Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) women are being forced to marry non-Muslim men. - Speech Link
2: Sarah Owen (Lab - Luton North) That is especially true for Muslim women, black Muslims and disabled Muslims. - Speech Link
3: Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South) that, a majority of Muslim women councillors, and I am proud to campaign alongside them every week. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None Organisations such as the Muslim Association of Britain, which is the British affiliate of the Muslim - Speech Link
2: Baroness Gohir (XB - Life peer) I am also very worried about the safety of Muslim women. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) some of those Muslim groups. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) In 2011, the Christian Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, and his friend, Salman Taseer, the Muslim - Speech Link
2: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) and girls from a minority faith, whether it is Christian, Ahmadi Muslim, Hindu or Sikh, face a double - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Guildford (Bshp - Bishops) particular tragedy for both the Christian community and wider society given that so many of the key Muslim - Speech Link
4: Lord Bishop of Leicester (Bshp - Bishops) Bibi is a case in point—the Canadian Government are to be applauded for their approach, as are those Muslim - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) You either claim that you are a non-Muslim, if you want to vote, or you cannot vote at all. - Speech Link
Asked by: Mohammad Yasin (Labour - Bedford)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of (a) the report entitled A/HRC/55/80: Situation of human rights in Afghanistan - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, published by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on 29 February 2024 and (b) allegations of human rights abuses against Shia Muslim (i) women and (ii) girls of Hazara ethnicity.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Government notes the recommendations in the UN Special Rapporteur's latest report and will continue working closely with the international community, including the G7, G20 and through the UN, to promote and protect the human rights of all Afghans, including women and girls, and to coordinate a consistent international response. More broadly, officials from the UK Mission to Afghanistan regularly press Taliban acting ministers to protect religious and ethnic minorities, including Shia Muslims and Hazara communities.
Written Evidence Oct. 19 2023
Inquiry: Women's reproductive healthFound: WRH0031 - Women's reproductive health Muslim Women’s Network UK Written Evidence
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will hold discussions with the Minister for Women and Equalities on the potential merits of appointing an independent adviser on tackling Islamophobia.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
We continue to work closely with community groups, charities and schools to inform our position on tackling racially and religiously motivated discrimination as a whole – including anti-Muslim discrimination.
Apr. 28 2008
Source Page: Lists of invitees and attendees to events hosted by the Minister for Women and Equality between June 2007 and February 2008.Found: Lists of invitees and attendees to events hosted by the Minister for Women and Equality between June
Nov. 16 2023
Source Page: Funding allocation for domestic violence and/or abuse victims: FOI releaseFound: funding for projects which are aimed at BME/BAME victims of domestic violence and abuse; Amina the Muslim
Mentions:
1: Dan Jarvis (Lab - Barnsley Central) Members of this House, with all of us the target of intimidation and threats of violence, especially women - Speech Link
2: Peter Bottomley (Con - Worthing West) analysis, so more is given to those who often speak up bravely, or those who, often because they are women - Speech Link
3: Caroline Nokes (Con - Romsey and Southampton North) We know that women, people of colour and LGBTQ Members will be at most risk, but none of us could have - Speech Link
4: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) events, but many of us have been living with this problem for years, particularly my colleagues who are women - Speech Link
5: Dawn Butler (Lab - Brent Central) Members for acknowledging the hate crime against women of colour. May I just mention my hon. - Speech Link
Written Evidence Mar. 06 2024
Inquiry: The future of news: impartiality, trust and technologyFound: Community Policy Forum is an independent think-tank specialising in the structural inequalities facing Muslim