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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]
She has written five novels in Arabic about women's issues in Bahraini society, which incorporate love stories as they deal with issues such as gender equality, women empowerment, and mental health, and founded a podcast in Arabic. [4] [5] [9] From 2013 to 2020, Al Harbi worked as an employee of the Bahraini Ministry of Education. [8] [1]
The Forbes Middle East placed her 9th on a list of most powerful Arab women in governments. [3] She is the only women in the Cabinet of Bahrain . [ 4 ] In December 2015 she presided over celebration of Bahraini Women's day in the Ministry of Health, where she promised her support to female cadres and their allies in the ministry. [ 5 ]
Women taking part in a pro-democracy sit-in in Sitra, Bahrain. Women played a variety of roles in the Arab Spring, but its impact on women and their rights is unclear. The Arab Spring was a series of demonstrations, protests, and civil wars against authoritarian regimes that started in Tunisia and spread to much of the Arab world.
On the same day, an alliance of women's rights organisations held a smaller rally calling for the unified law, which attracted 500 supporters. The issue of the introduction of a unified personal status law has divided civil society into two camps, with women's rights and human rights groups wanting its introduction, opposed by Shia Islamist ...
Lulwa Al Awadhi is a leading Bahraini women's rights advocate and the Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Women, the main women's organisation in Bahrain.She holds the rank of 'honorary cabinet minister', which she was given in 2002 when the Council was established as part of the opening of civil society in the small Gulf Kingdom.
Her campaign platform promised to focus on improving the living conditions of women, as well as addressing unemployment and fighting corruption. [ 10 ] Zainal was elected in December 2018 alongside five other women, winning her seat outright against the incumbent, Khalifa al-Ghanim, who had narrowly defeated her in 2014.
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