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

[marzia]

Dear All,

The statement is now also available in Hindi and Kannada. If you would 
like to read / endorse statement in these languages, visit the statement 
on *https://tinyurl.com/educators-hijab.*

Request you to also circulate in your networks so we can get more 
endorsements by Sunday night.

Thanks and regards,
Marzia

On 17/02/22 17:31, Guru 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. *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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_Regards_

*Marzia Ibrahim *
Program Associate - Education
*IT for Change* <http://www.ITforChange.net/>
Bengaluru - 560041
Mobile : +91-9342152273 *| *Office Phone : 080 2653 6890

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