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Inequality a major reason for women’s weak political representation - Activists

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June 7, 2023

Inequality a major reason for women’s weak political representation - Activists

Source: Kuwait Times

Women in Kuwait were granted their political rights in 2005, but since then they have been struggling politically, due to several reasons. In recent years, women’s representation in the National Assembly has become much weaker than before.

Head of Women’s Cultural and Social Society Lulwa Al-Mulla told Kuwait Times that the one-vote electoral system and political funds are the main reasons preventing women from being empowered in the Assembly.

Click here to read the full article published by The Kuwait Times on 03 June 2023.

Region
Author
Majd Othman
Publisher
Kuwait Times

Women in Kuwait were granted their political rights in 2005, but since then they have been struggling politically, due to several reasons. In recent years, women’s representation in the National Assembly has become much weaker than before.

Head of Women’s Cultural and Social Society Lulwa Al-Mulla told Kuwait Times that the one-vote electoral system and political funds are the main reasons preventing women from being empowered in the Assembly.

Click here to read the full article published by The Kuwait Times on 03 June 2023.

Region
Author
Majd Othman
Publisher
Kuwait Times