Factsheet: Faith schools
Religiously-affiliated schools play a large part of the British state school system, with 37% of primary schools and 18% of secondaries classes as faith schools. Despite recording slightly better results than average, they inspire much contention, with both fierce opposition and support
Factsheet: Women and Islam
Contrary to some popular belief, women in Islamic teaching are seen as equal to men and have played. Find out more in this factsheet from Remona Aly
Factsheet: Women and Christianity
The place of women in the church has been a highly contested topic of debate for millennia. While many Christian traditions argue for female inferiority, the Virgin Mary has at the same time been a powerfully significant figure in church history and theology, and in the 20th century many denominations began to for the first time allow women to become ministers and leaders
