3/8/2013 In conjunction with International Women’s Day, a Meeting in Trento entitled “Educated Women, Protagonists” was organized by the Muslim Women of Trento, the Association of Muslim Women in Italy and The women of GMI Trento. The meeting broadly discussed women in Islam, and the importance of women in the immigrant community of Trento.
3/8/2013 La Repubblica A man in Milan is accused of beating his 27 year old Mexican girlfriend over the period of 5-months. According to the national news outlet, he beat her to get her to convert to Islam including to wear the veil. Neighbors frequently called the police to report the domestic violence issue, on…
Tayyibah Taylor, African-American convert to Islam, women’s rights activist and editor of Azizah Magazine, appeared on The Daily Show to talk about Muslim perspectives on women’s rights and the status of women in Islam in general. Tayyibah Taylor visited Ireland to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March 2011.
9 February 2011 The Society for Women and Qualification (VFQ) invites speakers every year to speak on International Women’s Day, and this year it will be the Islamic scholar Amira Hafner-Al Jabaji who will speak about the relationship between Islam and feminism. Hafner-Al Jabaji has been active in the fields of Islam, female Muslims in…
Muslim women’s groups in Italy will commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8th by discussing rights issues. An event entitled ‘A free woman in a free society’ will be held in Milan on March 9th, and include a discussion on Italian, Muslim women’s personal experiences of dealing with integration, and feature representation by several Italian-Muslim…
