The Muslim Women and the Media Training Institute at UC Davis offers workshops and mentorship to early-career journalists with the aim of fostering accurate reporting and representation of Muslim women and Islam in the media. Participants are paired with leading scholars on women and Islamic cultures to help develop pieces for publication.
A piece by 2019 fellow Cristina Sala focuses on Muslim women in Catalan who have joined politics to fight for equality and representation of the region’s diverse groups. Sala interviews and profiles two Muslim women who—faced with discrimination in several aspects of their daily lives—ran for and were elected to public office.
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