In 2017 the Court of Appeal ruled that gender segregation in schools is indeed discriminatory. This landmark judgement has potentially far-reaching consequences for minority women and girls.
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In 2017, the UK Court of Appeal in London was asked to rule on the closely-watched case of the co-ed Muslim school Al-Hijrah in Birmingham, where boys and girls from the age of nine are strictly segregated by gender for all school activities including breaks, lunch, and educational trips.
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