This exhibition has been put together by Women Living Under Muslim Laws

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This exhibition has been put together by Women
Living Under Muslim Laws

• Women Living Under Muslim Laws is an
  international Network that provides information,
  solidarity and support for all women whose lives
  are shaped, conditioned or governed by laws and
  customs said to derive from Islam. The Network
  aims to increase the autonomy of women by
  supporting the local struggles of women from
  within Muslim countries and communities and
  linking them with feminist and progressive groups
  at large facilitating interaction, exchanges and
  contacts and providing information as well as a
  channel of communication.

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• This exhibition
• An exhibition looking at womens dress in Muslim
  countries and communities has long been a dream
  of the WLUML network. These first 20 panels
  should be seen as work in progress. Here we
  have looked at six countries in detail
  reflecting active networking linkages, as well as
  a wealth of dress traditions and the politics of
  dress.
• Exhibition sources
• A wide variety of sources have been examined and
  images copied for this exhibition. Our thanks go
  to all those writers, journalists, artists and
  photographers who have recorded and commented on
  womens dress. We have acknowledged wherever
  possible, but we apologise to any individuals we
  have not named. We thank the British Library and
  the library at the School of Oriental and African
  Studies, London University. The exhibition is
  for the WLUML network and not for general public
  display.

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• Exhibition personnel
• Research and co-ordination Caroline Simpson
  (WLUML International Coordination Office - ICO)
• Design and Production The Exhibition Business,
  Whitstable, UK
• Editing Anissa Helie and Sarah Masters, (WLUML
  ICO)
• Thanks to WLUML networkers and staff of the
  International Coordination Office for advice and
  help, in particular
• Contexts and South Asia Salma Sobhan
• Iran Homa Hoodfar
• Northern Nigeria Ayesha Imam (BAOBAB) and
  Asmau Joda (ICO)
• Pakistan Cassandra Balchin (ICO) and Insha
  Hamdani (Shirkat Gah)
• Sri Lanka Chulani Kodikara and Murshidha
  (Muslim Womens Research and Action Forum -
  MWRAF)

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• Support for the WLUML network
• We sincerely thank the Ruben and Elisabeth
  Rausing Trust which has supported the
  International Coordination Offices work and this
  exhibition in particular. We are also grateful to
  the following organisations for their on-going
  support for the WLUML network which feeds into
  all our work The Ford Foundation, The Andrew W.
  Mellon Foundation, NORAD, Novib, Rights
  Democracy, and Swiss Development Cooperation.
• This exhibition was produced November 2002.