Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML)
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Headquarters Location: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1984
Mission: 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.
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violence against women, network, islam, muslim, women's human rights, campaigns, information exchange, capacity building, publications
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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.
Expert Reviews of Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML)
Evidence of Impact Summary:
Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) works to advocate for women living in areas controlled by fundamentalist, female-oppressing leadership. They build public awareness around these issues as well as work to combat the notion that female violence is intrinsic to the culture. It is a network of activists and organizations. One expert points out that WLUML supports this nework in such a way that the impact of the individual organizations is strongly felt as is the positive weight of such an organization existing.See expert comments.
Organization Strengths Summary:
Experts agree that WLUML has a strong research capacity which lends to its credibility. Similarly, it's strong in its social analysis and feminist critique as well. They draw connection between militarism, fundamentalism and gender-based violence, an connection that many groups do not make.See expert comments.
Areas for Improvement Summary:
WLUML could improve its networking and fundraising abilities to gain more organizational stability. Because the Arab Spring has cause a rise in demand for their services, increased funding would be especially helpful. They could also work on improving their communication among the network, growing their advocacy work, and better communicating their unique value.See expert comments.
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It has succeeded in bringing public attention to some of the practices in Muslim majority countries which can be characterized as violence against women. | ||
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WLUML has been working at the front lines in terms of helping activists against VAW work within Islamic contexts. They have been doing unique and critical work since 1984. Their 'Violence Is Not Our Culture' campaign is extremely powerful in terms of countering cultural relativist arguments about violence against women that sometimes crop up around women's rights work. Their campaign makes clear that discrimination against women is a root cause of VAW and that no violations of women's rights can be excused by cultural or religious arguments. WLUML has a strong network in Muslim-majority countries around the world. | ||
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They are a network of women's organizations and activists who work across countries and contexts in which fundamentalisms has negatively impacted women's rights, including gender-based violence(GBV). Each member organization has 'impact' of its own in local context, for example, Shirkat Gah in Pakistan, in terms of national level advocacy and action for laws against GBV. But in many ways, just the fact that such a progressive space for women in these contexts exists is an 'impact' of its own. | ||
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WLUML is a strong global solidarity network for women's rights activists working in predominantly Muslim countries and dealing with Islamic law. They have strong research capacity and credibility. | ||
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The have a strong feminist analysis and research, as well as supporting campaigns such as 'Violence is not our culture'. Make the connections between war, militarism, fundamentalisms and GBV, which not many groups do. | ||
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WLUML could improve communication amongst network members and do more work on advocacy. | ||
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WLUML needs greater financial stability especially at a time when they are being asked to do more and more in light of the Arab Spring and the impact it is having on women in the MENA region. They've recently suffered a downsizing due to loss of funding -- explicable in this year of the Arab Spring when groups like WLUML need support more than ever to assist the women's organizations as they fight for an equal say in creating new constitutions and laws. WLUML could broaden its fundraising strategy and be more proactive about media and communications. | ||
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They have had structural issues around being a network and raising funds, they are in deep financial distress currently. Also, they need to amplify their unique position and philosophy, as well as do a better job of conveying their contributions (or 'impact') so far. | ||
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