A gritty woman in Gujarat is silently taking her fight for empowerment of Muslim women to the political arena.
At 39, Noorjahan Diwan is the modern face of lower middle-class Muslim women in Gujarat. The social worker-turned-politician is working towards getting Muslim women involved in the polity, a realm that is almost entirely left to the men in the community.
“Muslim women have traditionally been Congress’s votebank, but a mute one. But it is important that they find their voice and stand up for what is rightfully theirs,” says Noorjahan.
Read more at Mail Online India, published 19 September 2012.
A gritty woman in Gujarat is silently taking her fight for empowerment of Muslim women to the political arena.
At 39, Noorjahan Diwan is the modern face of lower middle-class Muslim women in Gujarat. The social worker-turned-politician is working towards getting Muslim women involved in the polity, a realm that is almost entirely left to the men in the community.
“Muslim women have traditionally been Congress’s votebank, but a mute one. But it is important that they find their voice and stand up for what is rightfully theirs,” says Noorjahan.
Read more at Mail Online India, published 19 September 2012.