British Muslim women remove hijab to end their unemployment woes

“We believe that evidence shows that there are varied and complex barriers facing Black, Pakistani and Bangladeshi women which are different from those facing white women or ethnic minority men,” it added, advising that approach of successive governments must change.

“Based on this, we would argue that the government’s ‘color-blind’ approach to tackling unemployment is not appropriate in dealing with the specific issues facing women from these groups.”

According to the report, employers assume Muslim women would stop work after having children. Also, due to discrimination and the expected extra barriers, the report found that minority women have “deselected themselves” by not applying for jobs.

Labor MP David Lammy, who chairs the all-party group, said: “It is staggering that in 21st century Britain there are women who felt they had to remove their hijab or change their name just to be able to compete on the same terms as other candidates when looking for jobs.”