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2025 AOM Annual Meeting

DEI

MSR

22924: Women in Islam: Identity, Career, and Agency

Friday, July 25, 2025
10:00 - 11:30 CEST (GMT+2)
Location: Bella Center: Hall C- C3-m11
Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Teaching,Practice,International,Research,Diversity
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/ganMx3
This PDW aims to engage participants in a discussion on women in Islam. This is a very relevant and current topic because of the increase in migrant muslim women around the world and the challenges they face in authentically navigating their personal and professional lives as a result of their country of origin, race/ethnicity, religion, and the complexity of intersectionality. We begin with an auto-ethnography approach by taking stock of the lived experiences of three women in Islam from the Global South: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Each view offers insights into the great diversity of women in Islam has to offer, along with ideas for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) theory and practice. Contextually, coming from these three countries that are patriarchal societies, these three women have been successful in their professional careers but through very different experiences. In terms of the research and literature, studies on women in Islam are biased, and few, primarily focusing on the issue of hijab and (mis)perceptions of oppressed Muslim women, denied of their right to education and self-advocacy- misrepresenting the faith of more than a billion people. Moreover, the field is dominated by negative stereotypes, islamophobia and a predominantly damaging portrayal by the media which has not progressed beyond descriptive and conceptual agenda. We profile three women in Islam, exploring their life experiences as business scholars offering distinct perspectives coming from different countries, family background and upbringing.