Ever attend a speaking panel or conference only to find all the guest lecturers were men? Well, a group of Muslim women were tired of seeing this, and started the twitter campaign #noallmalepanels which has resulted in a group of prominent Muslim-American men pledging to include women in future panels. The grassroot campaign has been coordinated by MuslimGirl.net, Altmuslimah, Muslimah Montage, Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women, “Coming Of Faith”, and Mipsterz.
Samar Kaukab, Executive Director at Arete, University of Chicago, says the poor representation of women on lecture panels is a major loss for the community — “our collective thinking, ideation, and even group decision making suffers when we don’t have diverse voices at the table.”
