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Women in Bahrain are provided freedoms in every aspect of their life and their personal liberties are long respected, both by the laws of Bahrain and by Bahraini society in general. Life and work opportunities are widely available in all positions and industries. [3] Bahraini Women's Day is annually celebrated on December 1. [4]
'Clerics biggest obstacle to women's rights in Bahrain' Kuwait Times, 1 April 2006; Bahrain's first woman diplomat to lead UN assembly Stuff (New Zealand) 6 June 2006; Societies slammed for not backing women Gulf News 15 June 2006 'Achieving prominent positions is a familiar occurrence' Gulf News 27 June 2006; First female judge
The Supreme Council for Women (SCW) is Bahrain's advisory body to the government on women's issues. It is chaired by Sheikha Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa , the wife of Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa .
In 2012, society's call to end expat travel bans in Bahrain and to protect domestic workers' rights in Bahrain. [citation needed] On 21 May 2012, Bahrain submitted its Universal Periodic Review during the 13th session of the UN's Human Rights Council, Geneva. The society's secretary-general, Faisal Fulad, who was also in Geneva, said it was ...
A bill prompted by women's rights activists in 2005 to introduce a unified personal status law to protect women's rights in marriage, divorce and other family matters was opposed in a series of large-scale demonstrations organised by an alliance of salafists and Shia Islamists including Al Wefaq and Asalah. The demonstrations (and the implicit ...
Women's rights in Bahrain; B. Female candidates in the 2006 Bahraini general election; S. Supreme Council for Women This page was last edited on 28 June 2022, at 00: ...
The small island kingdom of Bahrain won its 10th gold medal Thursday at the Asian Games as runner Eunice Chebichii Paul Chumba took first place in the women's marathon. Chumba was only a few ...
Women candidates of the 2006 Bahrain election, which took place on the November 25, 2006 were reported to have received numerous threats from Islamic salafist and other factions to prevent them taking part. In all, eighteen female candidates of various political stances and views took part after recent changes to the political system in 2001 ...