The Amina: The Muslim Women’s Resource Centre in Scotland “works with mainstream agencies and policy makers, to enhance their understanding of the Muslim community and of barriers that prevent Muslim women from accessing services and participating in society. [They] provide a range of services to Muslim women.” This includes running campaigns against negative stereotypes and violence against women.
One of their current campaigns focuses on street harassment. Sarah Todd, their Administration Officer, told me by e-mail:
“We were concerned that attitudes about women, especially relating to how they dress, were impacting their treatment on the streets, etc. This was an issue which our organisation had come across on several occasions. We did a survey [see below] and then consequently developed the poster. The poster has been well received across social media and has been developed into a workshop that was delivered by an external party to a men’s group. They found the image hard hitting and had a lively debate around it.”
