Islamophobia is increasingly rife in the UK and many other parts of the world. For those Muslims in the public eye, threats and hate can be a constant concern. At JAN Trust, unfortunately we hear stories of Islamophobia all the time. Many of our service users are Muslim, and they have experienced everything from having …
Women in the far right: A network of toxic femininity
The world is accustomed to overlooking the power of women, however women are a powerful force in any movement for instance, the Women’s March in January 2017 was an incredible display of what women can do together, fighting for equality and positive change. However there are other movements which women are strengthening behind the scenes …
Islamophobia in schools: Children are Experiencing Hate Crime Too
Muslim parents often feel they may be putting their children at risk of hate crime simply by sending them to school. This worrying trend affects children regularly and must be tackled. The issue of bullying in schools is widely understood by teachers, pupils and parents. Sadly, bullying related to race or faith is becoming more …
Why is there an increased risk of maternal death among BAME women?
The risk of death or complications for BAME women in pregnancy and childbirth is much higher than for white women in the UK. But what are the reasons behind the problem? Embed from Getty Images For UK-born Asian women, maternity mortality rates are one and a half times higher than they are for white women …
Comment sections are hotbeds for Islamophobia – Here’s proof.
Earlier this month, our CEO Sajda Mughal OBE wrote a piece for the Independent about the rise of the Far-right and Islamophobia in the UK. The article shed light on the fact that many politicians, institutions and news outlets have been either consciously or subconsciously reluctant to treat far-right extremism with as much severity as …
‘Spreading intolerance and hatred?’ How criticism of The Martyrs has missed the mark
The recent release of short film The Martyrs depicting three real-life Islamophobic incidents in the U.K by film maker Rizwan Wadan has prompted Tell Mama to call for the film’s immediate withdrawal. In a recent article in the Guardian, an organisation the records anti-Muslim attacks, Tell Mama, has condemned the film as ‘sensationalist’ and have …
International Women’s Day: A day for all women
We at JAN Trust have been celebrating International Women’s Day for thirty years this year. Every year we look forward to it not only as a chance to celebrate women and their achievements, but as an opportunity to reflect on society, feminism and the work that we do here. Each International Women’s Day comes with …
“I’m a Muslim woman and I don’t need saving” – Sajda’s interview with Baroness Warsi
Our CEO Sajda Mughal OBE has appeared on BBC Radio 4 with Baroness Sayeeda Warsi. They had an in-depth discussion of her 7/7 experience and her life as a Muslim women in British society today. Click here to listen! To read more press that JAN Trust has appeared in, click here.
Windrush: the inevitable result of hostile and racist immigration policy
The Windrush generation is formed of the people who arrived in the UK from Caribbean countries between 1948 and 1971 at the invitation of the British government. Since 2014, 50,000 of these people have faced risk of deportation if they did not previously formalise their residency status or if they were unable to show the …
What is Another Way Forward?
By now, we are sure that you have heard of our project Another Way Forward: Empowering Young Women against Extremism. This is a project, run by JAN Trust, that has been kindly been supported by the Institute of Strategic Dialogue (ISD), and Google.org. ISD works to empower new generations against extremism, something that we at JAN …