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Sisters in Islam

by chrismoffat | Jul 10, 2015

Sisters in Islam is a Malaysian NGO founded in 1988 and focusing its work on promoting the rights of women in the framework of both Islamic and universal human rights. The organisation was led for two decades by the prominent Malaysian activist Zainah Anwar.

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ANC Apartheid CHOGM Commonwealth History Human Rights Madiba Mandela Oral History Politics Queen Rajapaksa Singapore South Africa Sri Lanka Thatcher Zimbabwe (see also Rhodesia)

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Sisters in Islam
Sisters in Islam is a Malaysian NGO founded in 1988 and focusing its work on promoting the rights of women in the framework of both Islamic and universal human rights. The organisation was led for two decades by the prominent Malaysian activist Zainah Anwar.
Zainah Anwar
Zainah Anwar is a Malaysian political figure and activist who led the ‘Sisters in Islam’ NGO for two decades. Anwar was associated with the Institute of Strategic and International Studies think tank (1986-91, 94-96) and in the early 1990s was Chief Programme Officer in the Political Affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.