Dear world here is our collective response to the article published recently by Muslim Matters. Thank you to Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, Kulsoom Khalid Ijaz Najia Tameez and Dilshad D. Ali--here is the piece we collectively wrote. Overall, the demands of equality aren’t only about dress; they are about asking for a radical transformation of power as distributed by gender. They are about restructuring society to reflect equality across gender — and , when applying intersectionality, across all identities and their expressions. The demands for equality are about asking for an end to the global devaluation and dehumanization of women, which begins the moment the fetus is designated female and lasts throughout a woman’s lifetime. Otherwise, how do we explain that as of 2005, over 160 million women and girls are missing due to infanticide? How do we explain that up to 7 in 10 women will experience gender-based violence over the course of their lifetime? How do we explain that 94 percent of women murdered in America are murdered at the hands of a male they know? These are the questions that the author ignores, and ignoring them is a large part of why these issues exist in the first place.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:58:19 +0000
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