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Bahrain's move was widely considered to have encouraged women's rights activists in the rest of the Persian Gulf to step up demands for equality. In 2005, it was announced that Kuwaiti women would be granted equal political rights to men.
In addition, women of Bahrain are renowned for their expertise in traditional textile embroidery. This talent of Bahraini women is a reflection of the Bahraini culture and heritage. [6] During the last thirty years or so, women in Bahrain have had opportunities to deviate from conventional female roles in society.
Community safety, defined as the percentage of women and girls older than 15 who were polled by Gallup World Poll and answered that they felt safe walking alone where they live. Political violence targeting women, measured as the number of political violence events against women per 100,000 women. Proximity to conflict, measured as percentage ...
The government used women’s rights as a decorative tool on the international level. While the Supreme Council for Women was used to hinder non-governmental women societies and to block the registration of the Women Union for many years. Even when the union was recently registered, it was restricted by the law on societies. [5]
In 2002 the decision by King Hamad to grant women the right to vote and equal political rights with men was opposed by a majority of Bahraini women, with 60% of women [187] surveyed saying they disagreed with the move. Salafists have publicly restated their opposition to women's participation in parliament, and none of the Islamist parties that ...
The Global Peace Index has been criticized for not including indicators specifically relating to violence against women and children. [15] The impact of Global Peace Index has been lower on the academic study of war and peace than on international organizations. [16]
With the list of popular places to live and the crime rates for each city, GOBankingRates then scored each crime rate and combined the scores together to compare all the cities with each other.
In Canada, s.173 of the Criminal Code [10] prohibits "indecent acts". There is no statutory definition in the Code of what constitutes an indecent act (other than that the exposure of the genitals for a sexual purpose to anyone under 16 years of age), [ 11 ] so the decision of what state of undress is "indecent", and thereby unlawful, is left ...