The local swimming pool as a space of rights contestation – an analysis of ‘burkini’ policies in Belgian local public swimming pools

Heirwegh, Tess; Graaf, Cathérine Van de

doi:10.1080/07329113.2019.1639309

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“…This has occurred in several contexts, whether it is the job someone applies for, 83 the school someone studies at 84 or the swimming pool someone takes her child. 85 Many of these lived experiences include instances where Muslim women are asked andvery often-assumed to remove their headscarf in order to qualify for a certain opportunity. In these cases, perceived discrimination resulted from a discriminatory policy or regulation in place at a company, public institution, or school.…”

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“…70 Although, in some instances, even with a discriminatory institutional rule in place, it is possible for them to deviate from it or apply it less stringently. 71 It is important to add that perceptions of discrimination do not always depend on verbal communication or certain actions. Regularly, discrimination is also perceived to be present in nonverbal behaviors.…”

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Perceptions of Discrimination of Muslim Women in Belgium: A Study of Discriminatory Incidents Across Public and Private Organizations Reported to the National Equality Body

Graaf¹

2021

Islamophobia Studies Journal

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In Belgium, Muslims have been affected by an increasingly hostile climate in which Islamophobia prospers. The need for further research into the gendered dynamics of Islamophobia in a Belgian context has been flagged, as the majority of complaints are made by women. In this contribution, the focus lies on to the narratives of the women who encounter this in their daily lives. Twenty-two Muslim women who decided to report their discriminatory experience to the national equality body were interviewed. Based on their lived experiences, this qualitative study aims to provide an in-depth description of the way in which Muslim women encounter discrimination in order to establish which “treatment, circumstances and behavior are perceived as discriminatory.”

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