Background reading

Many reports have been published about Muslim women’s employment. Here a few recent ones available online.

Valuing Family, Valuing Work: British Muslim women and the labour market, 2008.

Published by the Young Foundation and the London Development Agency and available from www.youngfoundation.org

Immigrant, Muslim, Female: triple paralysis?

Published by the Quilliam Foundation in 2009 and available from www.quilliamfoundation.org

Moving on up? A report of the Equal Opportunities Commission’s investigation into Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Black Caribbean women and work, 2007.

Available from www.equalityhumanrights.com

Focus on religion: A report from the Office of National Statistics which includes a chapter on the labour market.

Available from www.statistics.gov.uk