WOMEN IN ISLAM, INC. is an organization of professional and social activist Muslim women who are dedicated to the empowerment of women through knowledge and practice of Islam.

OUR MISSION is to advance the spiritual and intellectual development of women to empower them as dynamic participants in civil society and as advocates for human rights and social justice.

We now have a Blog at Wordpress! Please visit Muslim Women Take Lead: Social Justice & Human Rights for updates on our activities & more!

Read our Publication Women Friendly Mosques and Community Centers: Working Together to Reclaim our Heritage

NEWS

UPCOMING PROGRAMS
  • 11th Annual Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial Lecture & Award Ceremony
    •    Honoring Women Who Dedicate Their Lives to Helping Others
       Learn more about awardees and ceremony

  • Human Rights and Social Justice Lecture: Women in Prison

         Date: May 23, 2012, 6-9pm
         Location: The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center
                        3940 Broadway, New York, NY 10032

        Speakers:
        Kym Clark, Free Families, Prison Families Community Forum
        Ugoji A. Eze, Esq. , Eng Aja Eze Foundation
        Diana Ortiz, Exodus Transitional Community
        Tina Reynolds, Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH)
        Laura Whitehorn, Former political prisoner

        RSVP to rsvp@womeninislam.org For more information, email info@womeninislam.org or call 212 576 8875.
        Program is free.

    RECENT PROGRAMS

  • UN Parallel Session: Promoting Islamic Models that Help Women Fight Poverty and Hunger
    •     Date: Thursday, March 1, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
        Location: Church Center for the United Nations 777 First Avenue at 44th Street 10th Floor Room New York, N.Y.                     10017

         Speakers:
         Engy Abdelkader, Vice President of KARAMAH,Legal Fellow with the Institute for Social Policy and            
         Understanding,and a prominent attorney
         Abed Awad , Attorney, community leader, and widely respected expert on Islamic Law and laws of Arab        
         countries
         Khanum Gauhar Aijaz , Former Sindh Minister for Social Welfare & Women Development in Pakistan and        a leader of PAWLA
         Moderator: Sr. Aisha al-Adawiya, Founder of Women In Islam,Inc. and President of KARAMAH

  • Black History Month 2012 In Honor of Malcolm X – His Life and Legacy
    •     Date: Sunday, February 26, 2012 At 3:00 PM
        Location: Islamic Center of Long Island 835 Brush Hollow Road Westbury, NY 11590
        Sr. Aisha Al-Adawiya, Founder of Women In Islam, Inc. was a speaker, alongside several honored dignitaries,
        elected officials and community leaders from Nassau County.

  • Lectures on Human Rights & Social Justice:SURVIVAL, SUSTAINABLE HUMANITARIAN RELIEF
        AND DEVELOPMENT IN EAST AFRICA
    •     Date: Wednesday, February 15, 6:00pm-9:00pm
        Location: The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY
                        10037-1801

  • State Senator Bill Perkins' Eid Celebration
    •     Date: Friday, September 2, 6pm
        Location: Adam C. Powell Jr. State Office Building Plaza, Corner of 125th Street & Adam Clayton Power Jr. Blvd.
        Women In Islam, Inc. is among co-sponsoring organizations.

  • Ramadan Iftar with Borough President Scott Stringer
    •      Date: August 9, 2011, 6:30pm
         Location: The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial & Educational Center
         Women In Islam, Inc. was a co-sponsor.

  • Inclusive Mosques in the 21st Century
    •     Panelists: Akel Kahera, Meryam Eskandari, Aisha Al-Adawiya, Moderated by Sarah Sayeed
        Date: July 1-4, 2011
        Venue: ISNA Convention: Loving God, Loving Neighbor, Living in Harmony