Muslim Women In India
Research & Analytics
The population of Muslim women in India is estimated to be 100 million today. This is a large cohort, larger than many countries in the world and many Indian states. However, there is limited research, data and analysis on this demographic. This initiative curates research, analytics and evidence on the socioeconomic and development trends among Indian Muslim women and is rooted in the principle of Leaving No One Behind (LNOB), the central, transformative promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Reducing inequalities and ensuring no one is left behind are integral to achieving the SDGs. Leaving no one behind means moving beyond assessing average and aggregate progress, towards ensuring progress for all population groups at a dis-aggregated level. This will require dis-aggregating data to identify who is being excluded or discriminated against, how and why, as well as who is experiencing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and inequalities. In practice, most people, women and girls in particular, face more than one kind of deprivation and/or disadvantage or discrimination. For example, women from marginalized communities often experience different intersecting and multiple layers of deprivation, disadvantage and discrimination ranging from economical, social, spatial and/or political. These could be, for example, due to ethnicity, race, gender, age, disability or a combination of these. In all societies, those experiencing deprivations and disadvantages related to all five factors, namely, socio-economic, geographical, discrimination exclusion, governance and shocks/fragility, are the most likely to be among the furthest behind (Source United Nations 2019 link). A compendium of studies and publications is envisaged to be put together by a team of researchers to build a repertoire of evidence and information to inform policy and programming. The research will conduct a meta-analysis of published studies and papers from India and abroad on the status, issues, challenges and recommendations related to the Muslim women in India. Some samples of research on educational and employment status of Muslim women in India are shared here to initiate the repertoire.
Publications on India Muslim Women (1990 onwards)
A.R. Kidwai
Ghazala Wahab
A.R. Engineer
Zoya Hasan
Juhi Gupta
Mudassar Ahmed Kazi
Mufti Samiya Tabassum
Noor Jahan Safia Naz
Rakshanda Jalil
Samiullah M. Ghanchi
Shahida Lateef
Shahla Tabassum
Shaista Inamdar
Shibani Roy
Usha Nayar
Zakia Soman
Farah Naqvi
Ghazala Jamil
Hajira Kumar
Mengia Hong Tscalaer
Research Papers & Reports on India Muslim Women
Muslim Women in India
This Report has been commissioned and is published by MRG as a contribution to public understanding of the issue which forms its subject. Author of the report SEEMA KAZI specializes in women and development. She has been educated in India, the Netherlands and Norway. She is associated with the network Women Living Under Muslim Laws and has carried out research on Muslim women in India. She currently works as an independent researcher on Muslim women in India and human rights education in Muslim societies. Report available at https://minorityrights.org/wp-content/uploads/old-site-downloads/download-130-Muslim-Women-in-India.pdf © Minority Rights Group 1999
Factors Affecting Gender Disparity in Muslim Education in India
Reshmi Sengupta First Published January 23, 2018 Research Article https://doi.org/10.1177/2455133317737936
Education is the basic and fundamental requirement for the progress and development of overall society. Gender disparities in education reflect the unequal position of women in highly gender biased social order. This is true not only of developed societies but also of developing societies like India where women are at a disadvantage despite a series of educational programs and reforms. Among all the religious communities, Muslims are the lowest educated section of Indian Society and Muslim women the least one. The backwardness among Muslim women in comparison with non-Muslim women in India has become a matter of concern at present. Although Islam as a religion gives its full emphasis on attainment of women"s education, yet there are several social reasons for their backwardness such as large family size, poverty, negative attitude towards girl"s education, lack of link between madrassa education and modern education, etc. The study aims to highlight the educational status of Muslim women in India, the reasons for their backwardness, the issues and challenges they face and recommendations for their integration with the mainstream society
Today’s Developmental World and the Educational Status of Muslim Women in India
Shaikh, Ahmad, Today’s Developmental World and the Educational Status of Muslim Women in India (January 7, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3515350 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3515350
Education is the basic and fundamental requirement for the progress and development of overall society. Gender disparities in education reflect the unequal position of women in highly gender biased social order. This is true not only of developed societies but also of developing societies like India where women are at a disadvantage despite a series of educational programs and reforms. Among all the religious communities, Muslims are the lowest educated section of Indian Society and Muslim women the least one. The backwardness among Muslim women in comparison with non-Muslim women in India has become a matter of concern at present. Although Islam as a religion gives its full emphasis on attainment of women‟s education, yet there are several social reasons for their backwardness such as large family size, poverty, negative attitude towards girl's education, lack of link between madrassa education and modern education, etc. The study aims to highlight the educational status of Muslim women in India, the reasons for their backwardness, the issues and challenges they face and recommendations for their integration with the mainstream society.Educational Status of Muslim Women in India: Issues and Challenges
Hussain, Dr & Khan, Manzoor & Khan, Farooq. (2018). Educational Status of Muslim Women in India: Issues and Challenges. 6. 311-316. 10.21276/sjahss.2018.6.2.5.
Education is the basic and fundamental requirement for the progress and development of overall society. Gender disparities in education reflect the unequal position of women in highly gender biased social order. This is true not only of developed societies but also of developing societies like India where women are at a disadvantage despite a series of educational programs and reforms. Among all the religious communities, Muslims are the lowest educated section of Indian Society and Muslim women the least one. The backwardness among Muslim women in comparison with non-Muslim women in India has become a matter of concern at present. Although Islam as a religion gives its full emphasis on attainment of women"s education, yet there are several social reasons for their backwardness such as large family size, poverty, negative attitude towards girl"s education, lack of link between madrassa education and modern education, etc. The study aims to highlight the educational status of Muslim women in India, the reasons for their backwardness, the issues and challenges they face and recommendations for their integration with the mainstream society.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330535000_Educational_Status_of_Muslim_Women_in_India_Issues_and_Challenges
Indian Muslim Women's education and employment in the context of modernization, religious discrimination and disadvantage.
Sonya Rastogi, Doctor of Philosophy, 2007 Directed By: Associate Professor, Sonalde Desai, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland USA Educational Status of Muslim Women in India: An Overview
Firdaus Bano Research Scholar KolhanUniversity, Chaibasa, Jamshedpur, India Muslim Women’s Low Labour Force Participation in India: Some Structural Explanations
Das, Maitreyi. (2004). Muslim women’s low labour force participation in India: Some structural explanations. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/300833317_Muslim_women's_low_labour_force_participation_in_India_Some_structural_explanations
Muslim Women’s Work Participation in India
Nahid Sarikhani Department of Sociology, Mysore University, Manasagotri, Mysore, Karnataka, India (2008)Determinants of Muslim Female Participation in the Labour Force
Maria Khan, Scholar, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Mehrauli Road, Delhi - 110 067, India. Volume 7, Issue 5, September-October 2018 - Labour and Demographic Economics . Status of Muslim Women Entrepreneur in India: A Muslim Minority Country
Khatoon, Sabiha. (2015). STATUS OF MUSLIM WOMEN ENTREPRENEUR IN INDIA: A MUSLIM MINORITY COUNTRY. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN COMMERCE & MANAGEMENT. VOLUME NO. 6 (2015), ISSUE NO. 05 (MAY) ISSN 0976-2183 Women Entrepreneurship among minorities in India
H. Yasmeen Sultana Department of Economics, School of Management Pondicherry Central University, Puducherry- 605014, India. Indian Muslim Women and Education- Status, Issues and Remedies
Zeba Ilyas (2020). Indian Muslim Women and Education- Status, Issues and Remedies . International Journal For Research In Social Science And Humanities | ISSN: 2208-2697, 6(11), 01-10. Retrieved from https://gnpublication.org/index.php/ssh/article/view/1436https://gnpublication.org/index.php/ssh/article/view/1436
A Sociological Study on Empowerment of Muslim Women in Darrang District of Assam
Md. Abdul Wahab, M.A (Sociology), B ED, SET, Maniza Khatun, M.A, B ED, Department of Education, Kharupetia College, Darrang, Assam, IndiaIOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 20, Issue 10, Ver. V (Oct. 2015) PP 19-24 e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. www.iosrjournals.orghttps://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol20-issue10/Version-5/D0201051924.pdf