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Facing both a complicated set of socio-political obstacles and cultural impediments, women in Kuwait continue to struggle in voicing their political needs in political action. For stateless women, much of that same voice is largely muffled.
BBC News
By Sumaya Bakhsh
image captionRights groups in Kuwait have been campaigning for years for better protection for women We told you he d kill her and he killed my sister!.. Where is the government? Dana Akbar yells in grief after hearing the news.
Farah Hamza Akbar was murdered in Kuwait last week despite earlier pleas from her family to the authorities to protect her from her harasser.
He reportedly abducted her in front of her daughter and niece.
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image captionDana tweeted a picture of her sister, saying We will not be silenced
A statement from the interior ministry reported that a man had seized Farah Akbar from her car and taken her to an unknown location before leaving her outside the hospital where she was pronounced dead. He was arrested shortly afterwards and confessed to stabbing her in the chest, the ministry said.
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