14 July 2009

Over 50 per cent of Muslim women in the UK say they want to work according to a new report

The largest poll to date of unemployed South Asian Muslim women carried out by the counter-extremism think tank, Quilliam Foundation has found that contrary to popular stereotypes, not only did 57 per cent of the UK's unemployed Muslim women want to work but they are held back by lack of support from their families and the government. [The Asian News] Read more