Kuwait

Why did voters turn a blind eye to the fatwas that were issued shortly before the elections that outlawed and sought to thwart the election of women based on the pretext that this goes against Sharia and that a woman cannot be part of public office and this includes having a seat in parliament, according to Kuwait’s Salafist Movement (other Islamists differ in opinion with regards to public office).
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AMMAN: Nancy Bakir, the Jordanian Minister of Public Sector Reform, said yesterday that the Arab World should follow the example of Kuwait and study the Gulf state's democratic accomplishments and parliamentary elections.
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Female MPs Maasouma Al-Mubarak and Aseel Al-Awadhi called for the formation of a homogenous and capable government that can submit its program of action and defend it. Mubarak also added that she comes to the national assembly with the aim to achieve more understanding and cooperation between the government and MPs. She denied reports that the four women are forming a bloc.

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Female MPs Maasouma Al-Mubarak and Aseel Al-Awadhi called for the formation of a homogenous and capable government that can submit its program of action and defend it. Mubarak also added that she comes to the national assembly with the aim to achieve more understanding and cooperation between the government and MPs. She denied reports that the four women are forming a bloc.
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A visiting female Kuwaiti parliamentarian, Rola Dashti, called yesterday for boosting role of women in politics. Dashti, in a statement after taking part in a session of the women parliamentarians commission, held on sidelines of the 124th convention of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), said the participants in the meeting debated several issues related to means of elevating women political role.

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The appointment of Amani Bouresli, a Kuwait University finance professor and chairwoman at Capital Standards, as the new minister of commerce and industry, has been warmly welcomed by the business community, a local daily reported. Amani is the only woman in the 16-minister cabinet announced on Sunday by Prime Minister Shaikh Nasser Al Mohammad.

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Kuwaiti women have proven they are able leaders in political, civil and social arenas although there are strong indications the number of women in parliament will decrease in the next National Assembly, say women political activists.

16 Mar 2012 - The Arab Spring continues to blow winds of change in the Middle East. There is no doubt the direction these countries are heading in will affect Arab societies and personal rights. But recently, the focus has been on women in the aftermath of the Arab Spring.