In honour of International Women's Day, the Muslim Council of Britain, UCL Women's Network and Muslim Aid are launching the Women's Conference.

Designed to equip attendees with practical tools, networks and information, the conference will have a range of workshops and talks covering a range of topics!

Agenda

10am Registration

10:30am MCB Welcome

10:45am Muslim Aid

11am Keynote Speakers

• Mahmoudat Sanni-Oba

• Suhaiymah Manzoor Khan

• Rahima Mahmut

• Yassmin Abdel-Magied

12:30pm MCB Women in Mosques Development Programme Awards

1pm Lunch and networking

2pm #BalanceForBetter: Overcoming Challenges (Dr Myriam Francois)

• Dr Shuruq Naguib | Muslim women and higher education

• Malia Bouattia | Islamophobia in society

• Zohra Khaku | Mental health

• Cllr Faduma Hassan | Local and national politics

3:30pm Workshops

• Self-Defence: The Basics | Muslimah Sports Association, Dayang Uli

Attacks on visibly Muslim women are growing, with this demographic bearing the brunt of physical hate crimes against Muslims. Learn the basics on how to protect yourself and balance safety without compromising your daily routine

• Politics and Public Life | Zarah Sultana, Zahra Latif, Zamzam Ibrahim, Latifa Abouchakra

Join a range of women who've gone through local and national elections, who work in the Prime Minister's Policy Unit and community organisers as they speak about their journeys and the scrutiny attached to public life. Providing practical tips on how to navigate a sphere that often doesn't include Muslim women, this is a chance for you to hear any wisdom they may have picked up along their careers.

• Unconscious Bias and Privilege: What Can Men Do? | Fearless Futures

An introduction to understanding some of the ways that women experience inequity and how men can see to become more attune to this so that they can better challenge these dynamics. This will be led by Fearless Futures, an organisation that engages people in critical thinking to understand and challenge the root causes of inequalities.

• Gendered Islamophobia | Dr Fatima Rajina

This workshop will delve into the ways Muslim women experience Islamophobia and the gendered elements of Islamophobic tropes.

• International Gender Justice (Muslim Aid) | Lotifa Begum, Shahin Ashraf

Join Muslim Aid's Lotifa Begum and Shahin Ashraf, Head of Global Advocacy for Islamic Relief Worldwide, Razan Saffour and Undlebe Iqbal for a discussion about gender justice in a global context. What are some of the challenges that women face worldwide, particularly Syrian and Rohingya women? How are Muslim women creating and demanding change?

• Safeguarding | Muslim Aid, Zamzam Ibrahim

In the era of #MeToo and abuses of power going public, where do Muslim women report wrongdoing? What safeguarding procedures are out there? How do we create better balance to ensure the priority of safeguarding and accountability?

4:45pm Prayer break

5pm Performances

Voices of Peace Children's Choir

Suhaiymah Manzoor Khan

5:30pm Closing remarks