Health minister Maasuma Al Mubarak, Kuwait's first female cabinet member, has resigned following a deadly hospital fire, preempting plans by Islamist MPs to call her to account in parliament.
Hundreds of female supporters applauded and ululated from the galleries as parliament voted 27-19, with two abstentions, against the impeachment of Education Minister Nouria al-Subeih, a pioneer in this small oil-rich Gulf state where women were only allowed to participate in political life in 20
None of 27 female candidates who contested the previous general elections in June 2006 was successful, but a number did make an unexpectedly strong showing despite having little time to prepare for the polls.
Members of the Kuwaiti Parliament 's Sharia Issues Commission have backed a request by the country's two female ministers to appear in Parliament without the Islamic veil, Kuwaiti daily Al-Seyassah reports.
Amongst the explicit and subtle contradictions of a social fabric which remains conservative and extremely cautious to maintain the separation of the sexes, women in Kuwait have won their latest battle in the war for professional equality: the first 16 female cadets from the Saad Abdullah Police
Zikra Al-Rasheedi, a fourth constituency candidate inaugurated her campaign headquarters on Monday evening. She places top priority to the cause of women's rights.
Kuwaiti satellite channels have proven quite effective in advertising candidates' campaigns and agendas to a large segment of the Kuwaiti society, but this is at expense of turn-up at the electoral rallies.
Women in the conservative Gulf state of Kuwait aim to make it third time lucky as they contest seats in parliament after two failed attempts in legislative elections.
Academics agreed that the relative drop in performance of the former all-male parliament was likely to boost the chances of female candidates getting elected, found a study conducted by KUNA.Kuwait University's political science professor Dr.