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Experiences of Being a Muslim Hijab-Wearing Woman in Estonia: Personal Stories from Immigrant and Local Women

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This qualitative research investigates Muslim women’s lived experiences, grouping the views of the local Muslim women on one side and the immigrant Muslim women on the other. To work toward social change and empowerment of Muslim women, it explores what it means to be a hijab-wearing woman in Estonia and reveals that racism, discrimination and social exclusion emerge as common themes that all these women had to encounter in different settings.

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  1. Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia

    Syeda Reema Zakir & Anastassia Zabrodskaja

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  1. Syeda Reema Zakir
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  1. Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Claude-Hélène Mayer

  2. Global Institute for Transcultural Research, Römerberg, Germany

    Elisabeth Vanderheiden

  3. Conflict Management & Resolution Program, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Orna Braun-Lewensohn

  4. Criminology Department, Ashkelon Academic College, Ashkelon, Israel

    Gila Chen

  5. School of International Politics, Economics and Communication, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

    Kiyoko Sueda

  6. Port Elizabeth, South Africa

    Brightness Mangolothi

  7. Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

    Saba Safdar

  8. Faculty of International Social Sciences, Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan

    Soyeon Kim

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Zakir, S., Zabrodskaja, A. (2023). Experiences of Being a Muslim Hijab-Wearing Woman in Estonia: Personal Stories from Immigrant and Local Women. In: Mayer, CH., et al. Women's Empowerment for a Sustainable Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25924-1_35

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