Sumaiyah Kholwadia

Thesis title:

Legal and Policy Barriers Impeding Muslim Women's Right to Spiritual Equality

Research Area

Law and Legal Studies

Publications

Sumaiyah Kholwadia, Intersectional Barriers Hindering the Effectiveness of the UK's Draft Domestic Abuse Bill, 2019 Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog (2019)

Sumaiyah Kholwadia, EU Headscarf Bans: The CJEU's missed opportunity for reflection on neutrality in IX v Wabe and MH Müller Handels v MJ Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog (2021)

Conferences

Leicester Law School, Postgraduate Research Conference, 'How can intersectionality be used to protect Muslim women's spirituality in the workplace?' (2021)

Melbourne Law School, 15th Annual Doctoral Forum on Legal Theory, '(Re)representations of Veiled Muslim Women in the French Legal Imaginary: The Case of S.A.S. v France' (2022)

Other Research Interests

- Decolonising Legal Theory

- Counter-Terrorism Law and Islamophobia

- International Criminal Law and Transnational Law