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
3 results
Clear
7 Recommendation Not Addressed
10th Report – Discrimination, hara…
Collect and publish intersectional data on victims of religiously and racially aggravated hate crimes.
The Government should collect and publish data on the religion, ethnicity and sex of victims of both religiously and racially aggravated hate crimes to help policymakers understand the extent of anti-Muslim hate crimes and the role gender plays in such … Read more
Government Response
The government recognises the importance of ensuring officers are appropriately trained to recognise, record and respond to hate crime, including offences affecting Muslim women and highlights the role of Mayors to raise awareness, but does not commit to data collection and publication.
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23 Recommendation Not Addressed
10th Report – Discrimination, hara…
Publish new hate crime action plan focused on tackling intersectional abuse of Muslim women.
The Government should publish a new hate crime action plan with a dedicated focus on tackling the intersectional abuse of Muslim women. This plan should include mechanisms on how to increase reporting and guidance on how public services should respond … Read more
Government Response
The government refers to the recently published 'Protecting What Matters' plan, outlining its approach to social cohesion and hate crime prosecution, but does not commit to publishing a new hate crime action plan specifically focused on intersectional abuse of Muslim women.
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26 Recommendation Not Addressed
10th Report – Discrimination, hara…
Review Online Safety Act's fitness for purpose in tackling hateful online extremism.
The Government should review whether the existing legislative framework, including the Online Safety Act, is fit for purpose in tackling hateful extremism. The review should specifically consider whether further regulation is required to tackle the posting of and promotion of … Read more
Government Response
The government response consists only of the words 'Government response: Police Training'.
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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