ABOUT US

I Can Be She is a pioneering project which seeks to empower Muslim women and change the ways in which society perceives them.

We want to:

Raise awareness about the inequalities faced by Muslim women
Challenge popular misconceptions and prejudice about what it means to be a Muslim woman
Unlock the potential inside every Muslim woman, and enable them to become what they aspire to be
Empower Muslim women to demand change, and achieve it for themselves

Funded by the At Home in Europe project at the Open Society Foundation, the idea for this project has emerged from conversations with young Muslims who have specifically asked for related resources and sources of information.

Muslim women face a double discrimination on the basis of both their gender and their faith. According to available statistics, Muslim women in the UK face the highest inequalities in health and housing, and are almost four times as likely to be unemployed as Christian women. In addition, the portrayal of women and Islam in the media has distorted perceptions of Muslim women.

I Can Be She focuses on the practical everyday realities – it is about empowering young women and introducing them to a wide range of role models, amplifying the voices of women across a wide range of sectors, and celebrating their achievements.

OUR ACTIVITIES:

CAMPAIGN

A campaign to capture the diverse stories of Muslim women in Britain today, capturing the spirit of everyday activists, visionaries and pioneers – their passions, their experiences, and the paths which led them to dedicate their lives to their causes

EXHIBITION

Our exhibition series brings together talented artists to further explore the stories of some of the women featured in ICBS through mixed media and visual arts. This arts and media component also provides a platform from which to explore the issues these women are passionate about, incorporating a shared dedication to women’s rights, empowerment and equality.

WORKSHOPS

Maslaha ran a series of art and media workshops with young Muslim women in East London in partnership with The Kiran Project, an organization with twenty years of experience of working with women and young people from communities across East London.