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  2. As Kuwait cracks down, a battle erupts over women's rights - AOL

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    When an instructor in Kuwait this month advertised a desert wellness yoga retreat, conservatives declared it an assault on Islam. Increasingly, conservative politicians push back against a ...

  3. Women in Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    A shift began, as more political figures supported the Kuwaiti women's rights proposals, most notably Emir Al-Sabah, whom in May 1999 attempted to institute women's suffrage by decree during a period of parliamentary dissolution; however, this decree was reversed by the newly elected National Assembly in November 1999. [26] [27]

  4. Women's suffrage in Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    After Kuwait gained independence in 1961, the Kuwaiti parliament passed new laws that limited voting to those who were male, over the age of 21, and had family living in Kuwait since before 1920. Women from the first graduating class at various universities across Kuwait banded together to create the Women’s Cultural and Social Society in 1963.

  5. Human rights in Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    Kuwait is a party to several international human rights treaties, including [4] International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

  6. 2024 Kuwaiti general election - Wikipedia

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    Fourteen women registered to run in the 2023 election, the lowest since the 2016 election. The only female MP during the 17th session, Jenan Boushehri , re-ran for office. Eight female candidates ran in the Third Constituency , two candidates ran in the Second and Fourth constituencies, and only one ran in the First and Fifth .

  7. Kuwait holds first parliamentary election under new Emir

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    Kuwait (Reuters) -Voting began on Thursday in Kuwait's first election since Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah assumed power late last year determined to push through economic reforms after ...

  8. Elections in Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    When voting was first introduced in Kuwait in 1985, Kuwaiti women had the right to vote. [2] This right was later removed. In 2005, Kuwaiti women were re-granted the right to vote. [3] Kuwait's citizenship law, in theory, gives citizenship to those who descend, in the male line, from residents of Kuwait in 1920.

  9. Political issues in Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    [7] [8] Repeated abusers include M A Al-Kharafi & Sons and its subsidiary Kharafi National that have been cited by human rights organizations and the United States Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices for Kuwait. [9] [10] [11] Many human rights organizations have accused Kuwait of apartheid policies toward foreign nationals.