Actions to Promote the Employment and Social Inclusion of Muslim Women Who Wear the Hijab in Catalonia (Spain)

Carme Garcia-Yeste, Lena de Botton, Pilar Alvarez and Roger Campdepadros
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Carme Garcia-Yeste: Department of Pedagogy, Rovira i Virgili University, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
Lena de Botton: Department of Sociology, University of Barcelona, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Pilar Alvarez: Department of Education, Research Methods and Assessment, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, 28049 Madrid, Spain
Roger Campdepadros: Department of Business Studies, University of Girona, 17003 Girona, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 13, 1-25

Abstract: The current context of growing religious and cultural diversity requires, from societies, an adequate management of the expression of religious diversity in different social spheres, including the workplace. Muslim women who wear the hijab are one of the social groups that most frequently suffer prejudice and discrimination in work settings due to the intersection of multiple forms of discrimination, including gender, ethnic origin, religion and the use of a visible religious symbol. With the aim of exploring the experiences of Muslim women with hijab and identifying barriers and opportunities in their access to employment in Catalonia (Spain), a qualitative study with a communicative orientation was conducted, involving twelve communicative daily-life stories with Muslim women who wear the hijab and eleven in-depth interviews with a communicative orientation with other relevant actors in the fields of training and employment (employers, managers of internship programs, political representatives, etc.). The findings revealed some pending challenges and effective pathways to improve the employment and social inclusion of Muslim women wearing the hijab. The implications of the study point to the need to incorporate respect for diversity as a necessary value to move towards more inclusive societies.

Keywords: hijab; Muslim women; diversity; social inclusion; employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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