Gendered Islamophobia

Women and Equalities Committee Open Inquiry
Opened: 11 Dec 2024 Parliament page
This is a one off session examining issues around gendered Islamophobia. The session aims to understand the specific challenges facing Muslim women in the UK today. The session will examine the difficulties defining and agreeing on a definition of Islamophobia, the barriers women face reporting Islamophobia, and the ways gendered … Read more
19 Recommendations
13 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Event
Activity timeline 4 events
12 May
2026
Report published
30 Jan
2026
Report published
15 Jan
2025
Oral evidence
15 Jan
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
15 Jan 2025
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Women and Equalities Committee
Allia Fredericks · Muslim Girls Fence Dr Irene Zempi · Nottingham Trent University Raheel Mohammed · Maslaha The Baroness Shaista Gohir · Muslim Women's Network UK
Title HC No. Published Items Response
10th Report – Discrimination, harassment and abuse against Musli… HC 571 30 Jan 2026 32 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
5 results
Clear
10 Conclusion Deferred
10th Report – Discrimination, hara…
Law Commission's hate crime recommendations remain unimplemented, hindering the tackling of intersectional hate crimes.
Implementing the recommendations set out in the Law Commission’s Hate Crime Laws: Final Report could improve the ability of the police and Crown Prosecution Service to tackle hate crime, including intersectional hate crime. Such reforms would also signal support to … Read more
Government Response
The government is considering the Law Commission's recommendations, has taken some steps, and commissioned an independent review due to report by spring 2026, at which point the Home Secretary will consider the findings.
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11 Recommendation Deferred
10th Report – Discrimination, hara…
Implement Law Commission’s recommendations on improving hate crime legislation in the next parliamentary session.
The Government should implement the Law Commission’s recommendations on improving hate crime legislation in the next Session of this Parliament. (Recommendation, Paragraph 68) Discrimination in public life
Government Response
The government is considering the Law Commission's recommendations, has taken some steps, and commissioned an independent review due to report by spring 2026, at which point the Home Secretary will consider the findings.
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13 Recommendation Deferred
10th Report – Discrimination, hara…
Consider expanding section 14 of the Equality Act to protect more than two characteristics.
We welcome the Government’s commitment to introducing section 14 of the Equality Act 2010 and the protection it will offer to groups with two protected characteristics. Given that Muslim women may be discriminated against on the basis of their sex, … Read more
Government Response
The government defers to the Equality law call for evidence from April 2025, which sought evidence and views to identify barriers to opportunity and seek expert views on how to overcome these barriers, including on how to strengthen protections against dual discrimination, and will confirm next steps after considering the responses.
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17 Recommendation Deferred
10th Report – Discrimination, hara…
Provide key statistics on income and employment by religious affiliation, gender, and ethnic group.
The Government should provide the key statistics on income and employment by religious affiliation and gender as well as by ethnic group in order that ongoing intersectional inequalities can be fully understood and addressed. This includes the statistics provided through … Read more
Government Response
While acknowledging the importance of the issue, the government defers to census data and the ONS's work on the Future of Population and Migration statistics to better understand the feasibility of providing religion data between censuses.
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18 Conclusion Deferred
10th Report – Discrimination, hara…
Muslim women in frontline services endure anti-Muslim abuse and face mental health barriers.
It is deeply saddening that Muslim women working in frontline services such as healthcare settings are having to endure anti-Muslim abuse while performing their duties in helping others. Reports of a lack of support from colleagues and employers are also … Read more
Government Response
The government states NHS organisations have a duty to protect staff, and plan to introduce new standards for modern employment in April 2026 which are likely to focus on improving staff health and wellbeing, violence, racism and sexual harassment.
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Government Response AI assessment · 31 of 19 classified
Accepted 11
Accepted in Part 3
Acknowledged 9
Deferred 5
Not Addressed 3
Total 19 recs + 13 conclusions