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Filipino Women Teachers Are Banned from Wearing Veils in the Classroom

MAIL ONLINE: Government bans Muslim teachers from wearing veils in front of pupils / Muslim Office claims so far no complaints have been received / It comes as France considers extending a ban on veils to private sector / Paris still counting the cost of riots after woman ordered to remove veil

Women teachers have been ordered to remove their veils when teaching in the classroom in the majority Catholic country of the Philippines.

It is the latest twist in the ongoing controversy over the wearing of the religious garment, that sparked a riot in the French capital Paris on Friday.

An order was sent out by the Filipino Government yesterday instructing female teachers to take off their religious veils in a move that was claimed would build a better relationship between teachers and pupils.

Education secretary Armin Luistro said it was part of reforms designed to make schools more sensitive to religion. Muslim schoolgirls will still be allowed to wear the veil in schools as well as 'appropriate clothing' in gym class.

But while female Muslim schoolteachers can wear the veil outside class, they have been told to remove the veil during lessons so they can interact better with students.

The order stated: 'Once the teacher is in the classroom, she is requested to remove the veil.'

It added the move would help aid 'proper identification of the teachers by their pupils, thus promoting better teacher-pupil relationship'.

It would also help the teaching of languages, where 'lip formation' plays a role in pronouncing certain letters.

The Government’s Office of Muslim Affairs said it agreed with the education department’s measures, although it had not yet received a copy of the order. » | Stuart Woledge | Wednesday, July 24, 2013

BNP Members Could Be Banned from Teaching
TIMES ONLINE: Teachers who join the BNP could be banished from the classroom, Ed Balls indicated today as he announced a review of rules against racism in schools.

The Schools Secretary said he considered membership of the organisation “fundamentally incompatible with the values and ethos of teaching profession”.

Mr Balls, who has been under pressure from teaching unions to impose tighter restrictions on racism in schools, has so far stopped short of following the example of the police and prison service with an outright ban on BNP membership for teachers.

But today Mr Balls said he was no longer convinced that existing rules on promoting racial equality were enough. He has asked a former Chief Inspector of Schools, Maurice Smith, to look at strengthening them. >>> Chris Smyth | Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Saudi Arabia: More Efforts Needed to Empower Women
ARAB NEWS: RIYADH, 14 February 2008 — The Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on Violence Against Women has accused members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice of human rights abuses by harassing, threatening and arresting women who “depart from accepted norms.”

Yakin Erturk, who has been in the Kingdom at the invitation of the government, was on a 10-day fact-finding mission. She spoke to the press at the end of her mission.

During her visit, she met government officials in Riyadh, Buraidah, Jeddah and Dammam, the head of the Shoura Council and representatives of various groups, including academics, human rights organizations, family protection centers, women’s groups, victims of violence and women at the central prison in Riyadh.

She also had discussion with representatives of diplomatic missions, the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the EU and the UN country teams.

Citing the case of Yara published in Arab News recently, Erturk said: “It is a telling example of harassment when a businesswoman from Jeddah is arrested while having coffee with her male colleague in a public place. She was subjected to humiliating and illegal treatment before she was released the following day.”

The commission members are law enforcers responsible for maintaining morality in public place, she said, indicating that although they are required to act in concert with the police and under certain limitations with respect to arrest and detention of people, “they often reportedly act independently and are accountable only to the governors of the respective regions.” More Efforts Needed to Empower Women: Erturk >>> By Mohammed Rasooldeen

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