WHAT IS WOMEN LIVING UNDER MUSLIM LAWS? Women Living Under Muslim Laws is an international solidarity network that provides information, support and a collective space for women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by laws and customs said to derive from Islam. For more than two decades WLUML has linked individual women and organisations. It now extends to more than 70 countries ranging from South Africa to Uzbekistan, Senegal to Indonesia and Brazil to France. It links: women living in countries or states where Islam is the state religion, secular states with Muslim majorities as well as those from Muslim communities governed by minority religious laws; women in secular states where political groups are demanding religious laws; women in migrant Muslim communities in Europe, the Americas, and around the world; non-Muslim women who may have Muslim laws applied to them directly or through their children; women born into Muslim communities/families who are automatically categorized as Muslim but may not define themselves as such, either because they are not believers or because they choose not to identify themselves in religious terms, preferring to prioritise other aspects of their identity such as political ideology, profession, sexual orientation or others. Our name challenges the myth of one, homogenous ‘Muslim world’. This deliberately created myth fails to reflect that: a) laws said to be Muslim vary from one context to another and, b) the laws that determine our lives are from diverse sources: religious, customary, colonial and secular. We are governed simultaneously by many different laws: laws recognised by the state (codified and uncodified) and informal laws such as customary practices which vary according to the cultural, social and political context. For an in-depth piece on the origins of WLUML, please read 'Heart and Soul' by founder, Marieme Helie-Lucas: http://www.wluml.org/sites/wluml.org/files/Heart and Soul_Marieme Helie-Lucas.pdf
View Top Employees from Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML)Website | http://www.wluml.org/ |
Employees | 2 (2 on RocketReach) |
Address | Bickerton Rd, London, Greater London N19 5JT, GB |
Phone | +44 20 7263 0285 |
Industry | Political Organizations, Software Development & Design, Software |
Competitors | Black Women's Blueprint, Inc., CREA, Equality Now, Legal Voice, We Are UltraViolet |
SIC | SIC Code 839 Companies, SIC Code 83 Companies |
NAICS | NAICS Code 813 Companies, NAICS Code 813311 Companies, NAICS Code 81331 Companies, NAICS Code 81 Companies, NAICS Code 8133 Companies |
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Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) is based in London, Greater London.
The NAICS codes for Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) are [813, 813311, 81331, 81, 8133].
The SIC codes for Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) are [839, 83].