{"id":5669,"date":"2019-05-07T07:25:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T23:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/charitywp.thimpress.com\/elementer-1\/?page_id=5669"},"modified":"2024-01-31T13:57:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T05:57:49","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5669\" class=\"elementor elementor-5669\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48a835c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48a835c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5faf28 section-header orange elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f5faf28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We Are Sisters in Islam\n<span class=\"secondary\">Empowering Voices For Change<\/span><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7006a26 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7006a26\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;grid_columns_grid&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;grid_rows_grid&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:0,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;,&quot;grid_outline&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;grid_columns_grid_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;grid_columns_grid_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;grid_rows_grid_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;grid_rows_grid_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;fr&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;grid_auto_flow&quot;:&quot;row&quot;,&quot;grid_auto_flow_tablet&quot;:&quot;row&quot;,&quot;grid_auto_flow_mobile&quot;:&quot;row&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39196df e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39196df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d4e1c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3d4e1c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/about02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6081\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/about02.jpg 570w, https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/about02-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/about02-20x12.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a0839e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a0839e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Sisters in Islam (SIS) is a non-governmental organisation working towards advancing the rights of Muslim women in Malaysia.<\/p><p>SIS was founded in 1988 by a group of Muslim women who came together to address the injustice women face under the Shariah (Islamic law) system. Our critical reading of the Al-Quran through a hermeneutical approach opened a world of Islam that we could recognise: a world for women that was filled with love and mercy, and with equality and justice.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0be680d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0be680d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33ac909 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"33ac909\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"570\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/about01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6080\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/about01.jpg 570w, https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/about01-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/about01-20x12.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6ff3a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6ff3a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By the end of the 1990s, SIS activism had expanded beyond the specific issues of women\u2019s rights, into the larger issue of upholding democratic principles and fundamental liberties as guaranteed by the Federal Constitution and human rights treaties and conventions. It was thus that SIS began to take public positions on freedom of religion and freedom of expression.<\/p><p>Today, SIS plays a key role in the local and international women\u2019s movement by providing input in understanding Islam from a rights-based perspective, advocacy strategies and networking, and is at the forefront of an emerging Muslim women\u2019s movement to push for reform both in the understanding of Islam and also to influence laws and policies enacted by Muslim governments or groups within minority Muslim communities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1369289 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1369289\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b1df1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8b1df1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2d2bd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f2d2bd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Mission<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b3959e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b3959e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Promote the principles of gender equality, justice, freedom and dignity in Islam and empower women to be advocates for change.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04367e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"04367e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2253373 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2253373\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hannah_BHfield_image_listing_featured.var_1552036748.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6292\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hannah_BHfield_image_listing_featured.var_1552036748.jpg 616w, https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hannah_BHfield_image_listing_featured.var_1552036748-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hannah_BHfield_image_listing_featured.var_1552036748-20x12.jpg 20w, https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/hannah_BHfield_image_listing_featured.var_1552036748-600x356.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ab5c92 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6ab5c92\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86deb2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86deb2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" src=\"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Neoromantik-discussion-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6286\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Neoromantik-discussion-2014.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Neoromantik-discussion-2014-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Neoromantik-discussion-2014-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Neoromantik-discussion-2014-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sistersinislam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Neoromantik-discussion-2014-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-512f32a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"512f32a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a68d9e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a68d9e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Vision\u200b<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f29b960 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f29b960\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our vision is to be a progressive and democratic society that upholds freedom of expression, gender equality and social justice for all.<\/p><p>As an organisation, to be recognized as the national and global leader for gender equality and justice in Islam.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70f921b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"70f921b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-023081b section-header elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"023081b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Work<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e457bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e457bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Advocacy<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ded80fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ded80fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>SIS main advocacy is Law and Policy Reform. We have engaged with policy makers, media, NGOs and grassroots women&#8217;s groups. We have formed coalitions and conducted campaigns to improve laws and policies and raise public awareness on range of issues such as matters fall under the Islamic Family Law i.e. polygamy, equal right to guardianship of children and others such as moral policing, hudud law, freedom of religion and freedom of expression.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaef32f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aaef32f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ba6241 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ba6241\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Research has formed the basis of SIS\u2019 arguments for legal reform, the introduction of new policies, and challenges to statements made in the name of Islam that discriminate against women and violate the ethical teachings of the religion. Research has also served SIS directly in its advocacy. In 2006, SIS engaged in two major on-going research projects in the areas of Muslim family law reform and on the impact of polygamy on family life.\u00a0<\/p><p>In addition, SIS has embarked on a global Islamic Family law reform research and advocacy project. Called MUSAWAH, this global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family was launched in February 2009. In 2014, SIS in partnership with ARROW embarked on a research project \u2018Religious Fundamentalisms and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Global South\u2019. Title of the research paper \u2018is National report on Malaysia. Child Marriage: its Relationship with Religion, Culture, and Patriarchy\u2019. The project was completed in April 2018.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e07231 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e07231\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Outreach & Empowerment<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39fc3e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39fc3e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>SIS main advocacy is Law and Policy Reform. We have engaged with policy makers, media, NGOs and grassroots women&#8217;s groups. We have formed coalitions and conducted campaigns to improve laws and policies and raise public awareness on range of issues such as matters fall under the Islamic Family Law i.e. polygamy, equal right to guardianship of children and others such as moral policing, hudud law, freedom of religion and freedom of expression.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fc72ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0fc72ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Legal advisory<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b37f8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b37f8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-738289 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-216370 kc_text_block\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-738289 kc_col-sm-6 kc_column kc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-216370 kc_text_block\"><p>SIS provides free legal advisory services to women and men on their legal rights under the Islamic Family Law and the Syari\u2019ah Criminal Offences Law. Our legal clinic which is called Telenisa operates every Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am to 5:00pm (except for public holidays).<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7531ec6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7531ec6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Read about our works<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c21febf elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"c21febf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" 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