(CBC) An advocacy group is launching a campaign to inform Muslim women of their rights as it tries to deal with increasing reports of harassment and discrimination since Quebec’s secularism law was introduced.
Justice Femme, the group behind the campaign, will begin distributing a pamphlet this week called “Tools for fighting Islamophobia.”
William Korbatly, a lawyer who has been helping Justice Femme hold workshops for Muslim women about the secularism law, helped create the document. Amnesty International and the Federation des femmes du Quebec are also partners.
Korbatly and Justice Femme founder Hanadi Saad say they want to empower women to denounce acts of discrimination that may be caused by misinterpretations of the law, also known as Bill 21, or disguised as applications of it.
