To support social justice and equality for Muslim women and transform their lives by debating, scrutinising, investigating and raising awareness of issues affecting them to influence practice, policy, legislation and attitudes.
1. Husain Akhtar - written evidence
07/05/2019 - Inquiry: Islamophobia - Home Affairs Committee
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Found: "endorsing Islamophobia" after posting an anti-Muslim article on Facebook. Bob Blackman, the MP for Harrow
2. Dr Abida Malik - written evidence
09/07/2019 - Inquiry: Islamophobia - Home Affairs Committee
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Found: 2016) and within this a sharp increase of anti-Muslim, Islamophobic attacks. Evidence of this can be
3. Independent Members of Cross Government Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group - written evidence
07/05/2019 - Inquiry: Islamophobia - Home Affairs Committee
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Found: - Independent Members of Cross Government Anti-Muslim Hatred Working GroupWritten submission from independent
4. AVOW - written evidence
11/06/2019 - Inquiry: Islamophobia - Home Affairs Committee
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Found: AVOWWritten submission from Advancing Voices of Women against Islamophobia(AVOW) (HCL0052) Introduction AVOW
5. Pakistan: country policy and information notes
25/11/2019 - UK Visas and Immigration
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1. Marriage and Religious Weddings
28/06/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: As the Muslim Women’s Advisory Council told me recently, although the plight of many Muslim women in this - Speech Link
2: being discussed here today, will safeguard migrant women and children, who are often particularly vulnerable - Speech Link
3: reverend Prelate is right that the position of migrant women and their children, in particular, is of real concern - Speech Link
2. Sharia Law Courts
02/05/2019 - Westminster Hall
1: relates to the prohibition of discrimination against women, and respect all procedural rights.”Secondly - Speech Link
2: councils are used voluntarily, particularly by women, many of whom would be subject to intense community - Speech Link
3: councils are used voluntarily, particularly by women, many of whom would be subject to intense community - Speech Link
3. Sharia Law: Marriages
23/10/2019 - Lords Chamber
1: published in February 2018, in order to protect Muslim women in Islamic marriages which are not civilly registered - Speech Link
2: issue, which causes so much suffering to so many Muslim women in this country. Is he aware that many noble - Speech Link
3: content with a situation where, under sharia courts, women are constantly discriminated against in terms both - Speech Link
4. Islamophobia
20/12/2018 - Lords Chamber
1: communities. I might add that I am a patron of Muslim and non-Muslim organisations that work towards achieving - Speech Link
5. Islamophobia Awareness Month
24/11/2021 - Westminster Hall
1: hosted a drop-in event in collaboration with the Muslim Council of Britain and Amnesty International last - Speech Link
2: experience that many of us have heard about from our Muslim constituents. Does my hon. Friend agree that the - Speech Link
3: community. It highlights how effective the British Muslim community has been in tackling the climate crisis - Speech Link
asked by: Lord Robathan
09/11/2020
... they have made of the Muslim Brotherhood. 2. Muslim Brotherhood
asked by: Ian Paisley
21/09/2020
... what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood. 3. Muslim Brotherhood
asked by: Andrew Rosindell
19/05/2021
... what assessment he has made of the potential effect of recent developments in Turkish-Egyptian relations on the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in the (a) MENA region and (b) Europe. 4. Muslim Brotherhood
asked by: Andrew Rosindell
18/11/2021
... if she will commission a new review of the Muslim Brotherhood to update the 2015 review; and if she will make a statement. 5. Muslim Brotherhood
asked by: Andrew Rosindell
11/05/2020
... what assessment she has made of a potential increase in the activity of the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK as a result of the economic downturn during the covid-19 outbreak.
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Bangladesh , British Muslims , British Sikhs , Côte d’Ivoire , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Kashmir , Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse , Race and Community
Marine Energy , Polo , Southern Rail , Uyghurs , Wine of Great Britain , Women in Parliament
Childcare and Early Education , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Flood Prevention , Race and Community , United Nations Women
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Adult Social Care , Bangladesh , Britain-Pakistan Trade and Tourism , British Muslims , Council of Sri Lankan Muslim Organisations UK , Food Banks , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Hajj and Umrah , Hate Crime , Kashmir , Lawyers and Judges at Risk Globally , Lebanon , Oman , Pakistan , Palestine , Poverty , Race and Community , Race Equality in Education , Saudi Arabia , Unconscious Bias , United Nations Women , Uyghurs
Epilepsy , Hajj and Umrah , Population, Development and Reproductive Health , Turkey , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Contact Details
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Naz Shah MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 8603.
Email: naz.shah.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Faeeza Vaid, Muslim Women’s Network UK, The Warehouse, 54 – 57 Allison Street, Digbeth, Birmingham B5 5TH. Tel: 0121 236 9000
Email: appg@mwnuk.co.uk
Secretariat:
Muslim Women’s Network UK acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.mwnuk.co.uk/
Group's Website:
Benefits in Kind
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Muslim Women’s Network UK
Muslim Women’s Network UK is paid by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation to act as the group's secretariat From : 20/10/2020 To : 19/10/2021
£30,001
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Muslim Women APPG