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Gendered Islamophobia

Status: Open Opened: 11 Dec 2024 19 recommendations 13 conclusions 1 report

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 Islamophobia can be challenged.

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
10th Report – Discrimination, harassment and abuse against … HC 571 30 Jan 2026 32 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

3 items
7 Recommendation 10th Report – Discrimination, harassmen… Not Addressed

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 offences. The Government should work with police to improve rates …

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 …
Government Equalities Office
23 Recommendation 10th Report – Discrimination, harassmen… Not Addressed

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 to intersectional abuse, including abuse directed at Muslim women. Affected …

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 …
Government Equalities Office
26 Recommendation 10th Report – Discrimination, harassmen… Not Addressed

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 hateful content, including increased transparency in the use of algorithms …

Government response. The government response consists only of the words 'Government response: Police Training'.
Government Equalities Office

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
15 Jan 2025 Allia Fredericks · Muslim Girls Fence, Dr Irene Zempi · Nottingham Trent University, Raheel Mohammed · Maslaha, The Baroness Shaista Gohir · Muslim Women's Network UK View ↗