Current Events > Court of Appeal overturns previous ruling on gender segregation in schools.

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https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/education/2017/oct/13/islamic-school-gender-segregation-unlawful-court-of-appeal

Islamic school's gender segregation is unlawful, court of appeal rules
Judges overturn earlier ruling that segregation at al-Hijrah school in Birmingham was not sex discrimination

And this will now apply to every faith school that practices gender segregation.
Finally, some common sense prevails.

The National Secular Society welcomed the court ruling as an important blow for gender equality. Stephen Evans, its campaign director, said: Our society is often too slow to condemn discrimination when it comes cloaked in religion, particularly Islam. But gender apartheid is an assault on womens rights and dignity.

The victory for Ofsted follows an extended tussle with the school through the courts, originating in an inspection by Ofsted last year that put the school into special measures.

The schools lawyers argued in court that the segregation was one of its defining characteristics. They said the policy was clear to parents who wished to send their children there and to previous Ofsted inspectors, who had never raised it as a concern.

But the justices ruled that the motivation for the discrimination was irrelevant, including religious or parental satisfaction.

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shockthemonkey posted...

How many times will schools think separate but equal works?

About the same amount of time it takes for religiously zealous attitudes to be eradicated from education just for starters.
Because you'll also have to stamp out the patriarchal biases that are deeply entrenched within most religions, and in particular Islam - as this case recently demonstrates.
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