Human Rights Watch argued that the Karnataka hijab dispute was being driven by divisive communal politics and that women should be able to decide how to dress. Its intervention connected restrictions on Muslim students with wider discrimination. The advocacy defended equal access to education while rejecting the idea that women’s rights required excluding women who wear headscarves.
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Human Rights Watch argued that defending women’s rights required excluding students who wear hijabs.
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The intervention defended women’s choice of clothing and equal educational access, and criticized communal politics surrounding the restrictions.