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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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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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