Mazhar: Women and Muslim

mazhar: Many Muslim women fear backlash for speaking out, according to The Waterloo Record. Instead, they feel they should be grateful and "count their blessings" as immigrant women living in Canada, she said. During a question period at the meeting on Monday night, Fauzia Mazhar of Kitchener told the crowd of about 200 people at Kitchener City Hall that Muslim women in Waterloo Region face "chronic unemployment." "We can fill this room," Mazhar told Michael Coteau, provincial minister of children and youth services and the minister responsible for the Anti-Racism Directorate. Mazhar, who works as a social worker, said Muslim women face three strikes against them: they are women, they are a visible minority and they outwardly display their faith. "My religion is so visible. She said many Muslim women have degrees from their homeland and then attend university here, often receiving a master degree in social work. I wear it everyday on my head," said Mazhar, who wears a hijab. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.