Shirin Musa

Shirin Musa (born 28 August 1977) is a Pakistani-born Dutch politician and women's rights activist who is the founder of . She has introduced the concept of marital captivity to Dutch society.

Personal life Musa was born in Quetta, the capital city of the Pakistani province Balochistan, and came to the Netherlands as a baby.

Musa married a Dutch Pakistani. In 2002 they married under the Dutch law, and in 2005 they had their religious marriage. They separated in 2008. On 9 December 2010, a judge ended her religious marriage, after a long struggle with her husband who refused to cooperate.