Join our guest speaker from India,Zeda Khair, and learn about the challenges Muslim women face in the workforce - an appraisal of Muslim Women's Law against the backdrop of the Shariat.
Ms. Khair is the Standing Counsel for the Delhi High Court at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Central University where 50% of seats are reserved for Muslims and other minorities.
As an advocate for women and children in India's male-centric judicial system, she helps seek justice on gender-inequity issues including sexual violence, workplace harassment, dowry harassment and more. Ms. Khair also leads training and workshops to share knowledge, draft guidelines for University/MNCs/Banks to implement India’s 2013 Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act and raise awareness on how gender plays a key role in the way women and men participate in social, political, and economic activities.
Note: JMI started as a struggle for education and cultural renaissance in the 1920s by a group of educationists including Dr. Zakir Hussain (also the third President of India), JMI today has come a long way and is one of the three major Central Universities in Delhi.
