Muslim Masculinities
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    • Home
    • About the Project
    • Regional Partners
      • Afghanistan
      • Iran
      • Pakistan
      • Qatar
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Turkey
    • Meet the Team
    • Digital Stories
    • Publications
    • Resources
  • Home
  • About the Project
  • Regional Partners
    • Afghanistan
    • Iran
    • Pakistan
    • Qatar
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Turkey
  • Meet the Team
  • Digital Stories
  • Publications
  • Resources

Faith-Based

Transformative Learning

Anti-Colonial

Our work is rooted in Islamic values of compassion, justice, and dignity. Rather than separating faith from the movement, we embrace Islam as a guiding force, ensuring that our efforts for gender justice stay true to religious teachings and community traditions. By centering faith, we build change that is authentic, meaningful, and lasting.

Anti-Colonial

Transformative Learning

Anti-Colonial

We commit to anti-colonial and anti-oppressive practice by recognizing that Muslim communities are diverse, not monolithic, with each region carrying its own histories, customs, and strengths. Our work respects and follows local knowledge and leadership, ensuring that change is rooted in community realities rather than imposed from outside. 

Transformative Learning

Transformative Learning

Transformative Learning

Transformative learning encourages men to reflect on and question harmful gender norms while exploring new, healthier ways of being. Through dialogue, critical reflection, and storytelling, men can unlearn patterns of dominance and control and instead embrace compassion, respect, and equality. This process creates personal growth that leads to wider social change.

What is our initiative all about?

What is our initiative all about?

What is our initiative all about?

More men are working to prevent gender-based violence and promote equity, challenging harmful norms and reimagining masculinity. Yet research on what drives men—especially within Muslim communities—to engage in this work is limited.


Muslim Masculinities explores the motivations, experiences, and social contexts of Muslim men involved in gender justice across various Muslim-majority nations.

What are we trying to learn?

What is our initiative all about?

What is our initiative all about?

  • What inspires Muslim men to get involved in preventing violence against women and promoting gender equity?


  • How does this work affect them personally, socially, and culturally?


  • What advice do these men have for getting other men involved?


  • How can this work inform future global projects?

How are we doing this?

What is our initiative all about?

How are we doing this?

  1. Interviews: We are speaking one-on-one with Muslim men already involved in gender justice work to learn about their lives, values, and what motivates them
  2. Cross-Cultural Comparison: We will look at similarities and differences across six countries to understand better how local contexts—like religion, politics, and culture—impact these men

  1. Interviews: We are speaking one-on-one with Muslim men already involved in gender justice work to learn about their lives, values, and what motivates them
  2. Cross-Cultural Comparison: We will look at similarities and differences across six countries to understand better how local contexts—like religion, politics, and culture—impact these men.
  3. Digital Stories: Some participants will create short videos sharing their experiences. These stories will help educate and inspire others.

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