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They can serve in the police, military, and as judges in courts. However, women in Kuwait struggle against a patriarchal culture which discriminates against them in several fields. Kuwait's Bedoon (stateless) women are at risk of significant human rights abuses and persecution. [5] Kuwait has the largest number of Bedoon in the entire region. [6]
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 ...
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 ...
The education system in Kuwait has celebrated numerous achievements on a global scale; in the year ending 2006, thirteen percent of all public expenditure was given to education, comparable to many OECD countries. As a percentage of GDP, at 15 percent, Kuwait is currently above the OECD average. Kuwait has the highest literacy rate in the Arab ...
Pages in category "Women's rights in Kuwait" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
UN human rights experts Alda Facio and Kamala Chandrakirana said despite significant achievements, "discrimination against women persists in law and in practice, particularly in the context of the family and nationality laws, based on the presumption of women's dependence on men, which is contrary to the principle of equality."
Women's rights in Kuwait (3 C, 5 P) S. Women's sport in Kuwait (5 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Women in Kuwait" This category contains only the following page.
Consequently, many women in the Arab countries remain in unhealthy relationships with their religion, customs, and the state itself which often happens to link its regulations to religio-cultural norms. taking into consideration that the legal system in most of the arab countries is intertwined with religion and custom which prohibit women from ...