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10.12.2012. Baroness Warsi may have opted for shalwar
khameez for her first meeting of the cabinet in May 2010, but for many Muslim
women, the struggle is to downplay ethnic or religious difference in order to
find acceptance – and employment. A recent parliamentary report found that
Muslim women often feel pressured to change their appearance or anglicise their
name in order to access employment.
Often,
it is the "triple paralysis" of being a woman, migrant, or perceived
as such, and Muslim. While in some cases, the barriers are cultural, linguistic
or educational, research suggests that 25% of the ethnic minority unemployment
rate for both men and women could be explained by prejudice and racial
discrimination.
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