The Muslim Women’s Council of Victoria Inc. (previously known as the Islamic Girls’ & Women’s Group Inc.) is a not-for-profit organisation formed to meet the challenges faced by Muslim women living, working and integrating into the broader community in a way that honours their religious and cultural heritage while simultaneously enriching the broader Australian community.

“To enrich the Australian society by meeting the challenges facing Muslim women”

To meet the challenges faced by Muslim women by:

- Encouraging and assisting Muslim women to be educated and professionally trained

- Supporting Muslim women in their integration into Australian society

- Facilitating Muslim women’s participation in physical and recreational activities

To enrich the Australian community by:

- Informing the public about the religion and culture of the diverse Muslim communities in Melbourne

- Creating more exchange between Muslim and other communities

- Working together with other community groups to create harmony

With regards to Muslim women

- To increase the number of Muslim women who are professionally trained, gainfully employed and actively engaged in the Australian political system

- To encourage Muslim women to assume more powerful positions in both the Muslim and the wider community

- To assist Muslim women in understanding their rights and responsibilities in the Australian society

- To improve Muslim women’s health

- To establish a good working relationship with existing Muslim community leaders

With regards to the wider Australian community

- To improve the general community’s understanding of Islam

- To give non-Muslims the opportunity to participate in Muslim traditions

- To change the negative public perception of Muslim women into a more realistic one

- To improve the harmony between Muslims and the wider Australian community