Page 2 - அல் ஹேலிட் News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Kuwait s new all-male parliament is a blow for women s rights
dw.com
12/10/2020
Jennifer Holleis
Although none of the 29 female candidates won a seat in Kuwait s elections they are far from stopping their efforts. But analysts fear that calls for quotas and women s political leadership are falling on deaf ears.
© Yasser al-Zayyat/AFP
Women candidates were out in force during the election campaign but failed to win a seat in parliament
Less than a week after Kuwait s 4.8 million people (including 3.4 million foreign workers without voting rights) elected new members for the next four-year term of their national assembly, the shock that none of the female candidates made it, is setting in. In total, 326 candidates were vying for the 50-member legislature, 29 were women. ....

Kuwait City , Kuwait General , United States , Michael Herb , Jennifer Holleis , Bibi Ashour , Sal Khalid , Kal Khaled , Yasser Al Zayyat , Kristin Smith Diwan , Caitlin Ziegler , Alanoud Al Sharekh , Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed , Marwa Shalaby , Arab Gulf States Institute , Rice University Baker Institute For Public , Ibtkar Strategic Consultancy , Middle East , Kuwait Politics Database , Rice University , Baker Institute , Public Policy , Smith Diwan , Sheikh Sabah , குவைத் நகரம் , குவைத் ஜநரல் ,