Musawah

"Musawah was initiated in March 2007 by Sisters in Islam, a Malaysian non-governmental organisation that promotes women's rights within the framework of Islam, and a twelve-member international planning committee of activists and scholars from eleven countries. "

• Zainah Anwar, Project Director

Funders

Accessed February 2011:

• Oxfam Novib,
• Ford Foundation,
• Global Fund for Women,
• Sigrid Rausing Trust,
• Hivos,
• Canadian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur,
• British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, and
• UNFPA

International Advisory Group

Accessed February 2011:

• Amira El-Azhary Sonbol, Professor - Georgetown University and Qatar University, Egypt/Qatar/USA
• Asma'u Joda, Project Coordinator - Centre for Women and Adolescent Empowerment, Nigeria
• Azza Soliman Hashim, General Director - Centre for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance, Egypt
• Cassandra Balchin, Member - Board of Directors, Muslim Women's Network-UK, UK
• Djingarey Maiga
• Hamidah Marican
• Imrana Jalal
• Isatou Touray, Executive Director - Gambia Committee on Tradition Practices, Gambia
• Kamala Chandrakirana, Chairperson - National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan), Indonesia
• Pinar Ilkkaracan, Co-Founder - Women for Women's Human Rights (New Ways), Turkey
• Sohail Akbar Warraich, Independent Expert - Pakistan/UK
• Zainah Anwar, Founder and former Executive Director - Sisters in Islam, Malaysia
• Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Research Associate - Centre for Islamic and Middle-Eastern Law, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK/Iran

Planning Committee (2007-2010)

Accessed February 2011:

• Amal Abdel Hadi, Co-founder - New Woman Foundation, Egypt
• Amira El-Azhary Sonbol, Professor - Georgetown University and Qatar University, Egypt/Qatar/USA
• Asma'u Joda, Project Coordinator - Centre for Women and Adolescent Empowerment, Nigeria
• Azza Soliman, General Director - Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance, Egypt
• Cassandra Balchin, Member - Board of Directors, Muslim Women's Network-UK, UK
• Isatou Touray, Executive Director - Gambia Committee on Traditional Practices, Gambia
• Kamala Chandrakirana, Chairperson - National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan), Indonesia
• Pinar Ilkkaracan, Co-Founder - Women for Women’s Human Rights (New Ways), Turkey
• Rabea Naciri, Former President - Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc, Morocco
• Sohail Akbar Warraich, Independent Expert - Pakistan/United Kingdom
• Zainah Anwar, Founder and former Executive Director - Sisters in Islam, Malaysia
• Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Research Associate - Centre for Islamic & Middle Eastern Law, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK/Iran

Contact

URL: http://www.musawah.org