Fifty-eight parliamentarians have recently petitioned the government to treat children and husbands of Jordanian mothers married to non-Jordanians, and holding temporary passports, on an equal footing with Jordanians, without giving them Jordanian citizenship.The move is a timid step towards impr
In recent years, Egypt has witnessed increasing participation by women in grassroots political activism. Local civil rights advocates attribute the phenomenon to novel means of communication and organisation, especially the social networking website Facebook.
Around 384,000 voters are expected to head to polling stations to select 50 members of Parliament tomorrow. Voters are to select from around 211 candidates vying for parliamentary seats.
As a female Palestinian MP in Israel's Knesset, this activist has taken up the battle for rights on two fronts.Haneen Zoubi has that most incongruous of job descriptions: a Palestinian member of the Israeli parliament.
Guardians Council Spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaii Saturday announced that presidential campaign will start on May 22 and will last for 20 days. Kadkhodaii reminded that only candidates whose qualification has been approved by the Council can launch the campaign.
Out of the 587 candidates running in the Lebanese parliamentary elections this year, only 12 are women.
"Of course I'm going to vote for women - and I really hope that women can make it this time," said Bahja with a large smile on her face.
Since winning their political rights in 2005, Kuwaiti women have shown great advances in many walks of life, not only voting but also running for parliamentary seats.
Four Kuwaitis have become the first women elected to their nation's parliament, a resounding victory in a conservative Persian Gulf country where the legislature has been men-only for almost half a century.