List of Muslim feminists

This is a list of important participants in Muslim feminism, originally sorted by surname within each period.

It may include, for instance, earlier authors who did not self-identify as feminists but have been claimed to have furthered "feminist consciousness" by a resistance of male dominance expressed in their works.

Early and mid 19th-century feminists

Born between 1801 and 1874.

Late 19th-century and early 20th-century feminists

Born between 1875 and 1939.

Mid to late 20th-century and notable 21st-century feminists

Born from 1940 to present

Muslim feminist movements

• Gerwani
• Musawah
• Sister-hood
• Sisters in Islam
• Voice of Libyan Women
• Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality
• Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
• Women Living Under Muslim Laws

See also

• Islamic feminism
• Women in Islam
• List of feminists
• Liberalism and progressivism within Islam
• Islamo-Leftism
• Islamic socialism

References

External links

• National Women's History Project
• FemBio – Notable Women International