We are grateful to our movement family: those who came before us and those who work alongside of us. Women – particularly Black, Indigenous, brown, Muslim, queer, and trans women and femmes – have been at the forefront of this work for centuries. We are indebted to so many of our sisters in the movement for laying the groundwork for us to do what we do, and for that we will forever be grateful. While there are too many to name in entirety, we want to uplift our favorite resources, organizations, and scholarly works. This is our way to extend our sincere gratitude to some of our organizational partners and teachers that have been particularly critical in our learning as we deepened our analysis of the reproductive justice and anti-sexual violence movements. If you have a resource you want to share that is not on here, we’d like to know! Email us at info@heartwomenandgirls.org.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Reproductive Justice Organizations & Resources ||
- Anti-Violence Organizations ||
- Anti-Racism Organizations and Resources ||
- Anti-Islamophobia Organizations ||
- Mental Health and Trauma ||
- Queer and Trans Muslim organizations ||
- Scholarly works on Gender, Sexuality, and Islam ||
- Scholarly Works on Gender-Based Violence and Islam ||
- Resources on gender-based violence and economic abuse ||
- Resources on Restorative and Transformative Justice ||
- Resources on Liberatory Practices, Self and Community Care ||
Reproductive Justice Organizations & Resources ||
- Marty, Robin. New Handbook for a Post Roe America: The Complete Guide to Abortion Legality, Access, and Practical Support. Available on amazon. Check out this useful infographic as well.
- Ross, Loretta and Solinger, Rickie. Reproductive Justice: An Introduction. (2017). Available on amazon.
Anti-Violence Organizations ||
Anti-Racism Organizations and Resources ||
Anti-Islamophobia Organizations ||
Mental Health and Trauma ||
Queer and Trans Muslim organizations ||
Scholarly works on Gender, Sexuality, and Islam ||
- Akande, Habeeb. Kunyaza: The Secret to Female Pleasure. 2018.
- Ali, Kecia. Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur’an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence. 2016.
- Ali, Kecia, ed. (2021). Half for Faith: American Muslim Marriage and divorce in the twenty-first century. Available here
- Ali-Faisal, Sobia. (2014). Crossing sexual barriers: The influence of background factors and personal attitudes on sexual guilt and sexual anxiety among Canadian and American Muslim women and men . Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5051. Available here
- Ayubi, Zahra. (2019). “Muslim Biomedical Ethics of neonatal care: Theory, Praxis, and Authority.” Religion and Ethics in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Oxford University Press. Available here
- Ayubi, Zahra. (2021). “Authority and Epistemology in Islamic Medical Ethics of Women’s Reproductive Health.” Journal of Religious Ethics. Available here
- Barlas, Asma (2001). “Muslim Women and Sexual Oppression: Reading Liberation from the Quran.” Macalester International: Volume 10, Article 15. Available here
- Bowen, D. L. 2006. “Reproduction: Abortion and Islam – Overview.” Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, Volume III: Family, Body, Sexuality and Health. Leiden and Boston: Brill
- Kugle, Scott Siraj al-Haqq. Homosexuality in Islam: Critical Refections on Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims. Oxford: OneWorld Publications, 2010.
- Mattson, Ingrid. “Gender and Sexuality in Islamic Bioethics.” Islamic Bioethics: Current Issues and Challenges. 2018.
- Sanjakdar, Fida. Living West, Facing East: The (De)Construction of Muslim Youth Sexual Identities. 2011.
- Shaikh, Sa’diyya. (2003). “Family Planning, Contraception, and Abortion in Islam: Understanding Khilafah.” in Maguire, D.C. (ed.). Sacred Rights: The Case for Contraception and Abortion in World Religions. Oxford University Press, Inc. Available here
- The Village Auntie: @villageauntie on instagram
- Wadud, Amina. Quran and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman’s perspective. 1999.
Scholarly Works on Gender-Based Violence and Islam ||
- Al-Hibri, Azizah. An Islamic Perspective on Domestic Violence. Available here
- Al-Hibri, Azizah; Ghazal, Ghada. “Debunking the Myth: Angels Cursing Hadith.” Available here
- Azam, Hina. Rape as a Variant of Fornication (zina) in Islamic Law: An Examination of the Early Legal Reports. Journal of Law and Religion. 2012-13. Vol 28. No 2.
- Azmat, Alia; Khayr, Yasmeen; Mohajir, Nadiah; Reyna, Monica; Spitz, Gina. “They Sit with the Discomfort, They Sit with the Pain Instead of Coming Forward”: Muslim Students’ Awareness, Attitudes, and Challenges Mobilizing Sexual Violence Education on Campus. Religions. 2023, 14(1), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14010019
- Choudhury, Samah; Hammer, Juliane, Ed. 2024. Sexual Violence in Muslim Communities: Towards Awareness and Accountability. Boston University Press. Available at: https://svmcproject.org/
- Hammer, Juliane. Peaceful Families: American Muslim Efforts Against Domestic Violence. 2019. Princeton University Press.
- Mattson, Ingrid. 2021. Spiritual Abuse + the Hurma Project. TV interview. Available here
Resources on gender-based violence and economic abuse ||
- Freefrom, Post Separation Economic Power and Control. Available here
- Freefrom, Prioritizing Financial Security in the Movement to End IPV: A Roadmap. Available here
- Survived and Punished, Safety Planning and Intimate Partner Violence: A Toolkit for Survivors and Supporters. Available here
Resources on Restorative and Transformative Justice ||
- Mingus, Mia. Leaving Evidence. Blog.
- Kaba, Mariamme; Hassan, Shira. Fumbling towards Repair: A Workbook for Community Accountability Practitioners. 2019.
Resources on Liberatory Practices, Self and Community Care ||
- Brown, Adrienne Marie. Emergent Strategy. 2017.
- Gumbs, Alexis Pauline. Undrowned. 2020.
