[Research] [Updates] Statement By Child Rights Activists, Educators and Education Institutions and Individuals On Targeting And Exclusion of Hijab Wearing Muslim Women Students

[Guru Moorthy]

Done and shared with other groups.

On Thu, 17 Feb, 2022, 17:34 Guru, <Guru at itforchange.net> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> As you know some colleges in coastal Karnataka have prevented Muslim women
> from studying, if they wore the Hijab. The issue has gotten worse - the
> High Court affirmed the ban in its interim order (a continued  violation of
> the fundamental rights of these women). Still worse, the interim order is
> being wrongly used by colleges, police and district administration across
> the state, to prevent Muslim women and girls (teachers also)
> <https://twitter.com/KeypadGuerilla/status/1493097774887276547> from
> attending colleges and schools, unless they remove the Hijab, often in
> front of the school/college gate. Such a 'ban' has spread to UP, MP etc.
>
> I am sharing a statement <https://tinyurl.com/educators-hijab> from the National
> Coalition on the Education Emergency <https://educationemergency.net/>
> (NCEE) on this issue.  It is open for endorsements from educators and child
> rights activists from across the country. (Feminists groups have issued a
> statement
> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKodf_3tWc-e0l2KH60wCYqqpfEHe8yx8jikPfpiSiBtYqvw/viewform>,
> so have a group of lawyers
> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSem49C2kE3ekicpRtKHaVYkfic15bXCmRQITa1KGMWWqcUsXA/viewform>),
> this statement reflects concerns pertaining to the right to education.
>
> I request  you to endorse the  statement
> <https://tinyurl.com/educators-hijab> available on *https://tinyurl.com/educators-hijab
> <https://tinyurl.com/educators-hijab>. *I also request you to also share
> the link <https://tinyurl.com/educators-hijab> with your networks, so
> that *we can get as many endorsements as we can.*  We will close this
> process  by Sunday night and release  to media on Monday. A small group
> will try to meet the Karnataka CM and hand over the statement early next
> week.
>
> thanks and regards,
> Guru
> --
> Gurumurthy Kasinathan
> National Coalition on the Education Emergency
> <https://educationemergency.net/>
> 9845437730
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