Resource Summary

This report examines the social stigmas and taboos faced by incarcerated women and scopes the challenges experienced by Muslim women on their release back to the community.

Piloted at the Khidmat Centre in Bradford, this report follows their 2014 report ‘Muslim Women in Prison – Second Chance: Fresh Horizons’, which documents social stigmas, taboos and the matter of ‘honour’, all common impediments faced by Muslim women when they re-enter society.

Resource Information

Format:report or research
Author:Dr Sofia Buncy and Ishtiaq Ahmed
Organisation:Khidmat Centres
Themes:criminal justice, multiple disadvantage, women centres & women's specialist services
Funder(s):Lloyds Bank Foundation, pennyappeal, Aziz Foundation
Published:July 2019

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