Gender Issues and the Hijab/Burqa
Experiences of Muslim Women in the Greater Toronto Area who Wear the “Hijab on the Job”
Most of the women in this article claim they have experienced few problems at work as a result of wearing the hijab in the workplace, except for the odd person assuming Muslim women are cloistered, uneducated and oppressed. In May of 2008 the Bouchard-Taylor Report similarly found that Muslim women in Quebec face discrimination in…
Pakistani girl who jumped from balcony in arranged marriage refusal, ‘wants Italian citizenship’
A 15-year old Pakitani girl jumped from a balcony in the northern Italian town of Alessandria. The act was reportedly connected to her refusal of an arranged marriage with her cousin, a 16-year old Pakistani boy. “My parents had already been in touch with his and told me I would be marrying him. I have…