The 1997 World Cup Pakistani Women’s Team with captain Shaiza Khan (seated, center), vice-captain Kiran Baluch (standing, far left) and...
Celebrating 40 years of WLUML
building transnational feminist solidarities
Celebrating 40 years of WLUML
Celebrating 40 years of WLUML
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Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) is a transnational feminist solidarity network that promotes human rights, gender justice, and equality for women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by patriarchal and/or authoritarian interpretations of Islam.
1980s
WLUML at the forefront of documenting the gendered impact of extremist and fundamentalist movements on women’s rights.
1992
UN GA Resolution 47/96 emphasized women’s equal participation in political and public life.
1993
“Women’s Rights Are Human Rights” affirmed at the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna.
1993–1995
UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women influenced the 1994 Cairo Conference and 1995 Beijing Conference.
1996–2001
WLUML engaged in campaigns denouncing Taliban’s first regime and its gender apartheid policies.
2000
UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace & Security recognized the importance of women in peacebuilding.
2005
WLUML co-founded the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition.
2008
UNSC Resolution 1820 recognized sexual violence as a weapon of war and a threat to peace.
2010s
WLUML defended women’s access to public spaces and challenged legal and societal restrictions.
2024
WLUML actively supported the revival and expansion of the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition.
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WLUML envisions a world of feminist futures, where human rights and gender justice are realized globally, and people’s lives are free from militarization, patriarchal and/or authoritarian interpretations of Islam. We work to advance genuine gender equality in Muslim contexts.
STORY ABOUT US
Education Programmes
WLUML’s Transformative Feminist Leadership Institute (TFLI) is an educational programme for young women leaders from Muslim contexts who are interested in gender equality, women’s human rights, and feminism.
Transformative Feminist Leadership Institute
The transformative power of constitutions as the foundation of law in shaping and changing social structures, such as economic, political, and cultural processes, and, of course, the rights of women as citizens, is widely recognized. Yet, not enough attention is paid to constitutionalizing women’s rights and gender equality, which is a precondition for creating a vibrant, plural democratic society.
Constitutionalizing Women’s Equality
This program aims to support feminist activism to democratize politics through greater political participation and fulfilment of political rights for all, free from harassment and intimidation.
Women & Politics
Women’s presence in public spaces can be an indicator of the degree of democratization, openness, ‘tolerance’, and recognition of their full citizenship in a given society.
Women Reclaiming Public Spaces
Refugee
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