Pragna Patel is Director of Southall Black Sisters and a founding member of Women Against Fundamentalism. She has written extensively on race, gender and religion. Her publications include ‘Citizenship: Whose Rights?’ in Women and Citizenship in Europe: Borders, Rights and Duties, ed. A. Ward et al. (Trentham Books), the ‘The Time Has Come .. Asian Women in Struggle’ in Black British Feminism - A Reader, ed. H. S. Mirza (Taylor & Francis). Listen to her TEDX talk on Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
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Published in: 50.50The story of a feminist victory against fundamentalists and gender segregation in UK schoolsIn 2017 the Court of Appeal ruled that gender segregation in schools is indeed discriminatory. This landmark...
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Published in: 50.50The Sharia debate in the UK: who will listen to our voices?Over 300 abused women have signed a statement opposing Sharia courts and religious bodies, warning of the growing...
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Published in: 50.50Whitewashing Sharia councils in the UK?In an Open Letter to Theresa May, hundreds of women’s human rights organisations and campaigners warn against a...
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Published in: 50.50Transnational marriage abandonment: A new form of violence against women?Transnational marriage abandonment lies at the intersect of immigration and patriarchal control, allowing abusers...
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Published in: 50.50'Shariafication by stealth' in the UKAccess to justice is being denied in the UK in the shadow of neoliberalism and religious fundamentalism. Minority...
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Published in: 50.50The use and abuse of honour based violence in the UKThe lack of accuracy in understanding honour based abuse in the UK has critical implications, not only for social...