Kuwait’s women have been playing, throughout history, their leading and effective role in the country’s development in all fields.
They have overcome challenges and achieved outstanding successes that enabled them get leadership regionally and internationally.
They proceeded with their role in building society until they obtained their political rights on May 16, 2005, when they ran for, and elect, the National Assembly in 2006 for the first time.
In 2008, some 27 women ran for the National Assembly election which helped them gain some experience to get some seats in the National Assembly election in 2009.
Dr. Masoma Al-Mubarak, Dr. Salwa Al-Jassar, Dr. Assel Al-Awadhi and Dr. Roal Dashti won in the 2009 parliament election that was a great event in Kuwait Kuwait’s females have spared no efforts to participate in building the society to the extent that they made up 59 percent of the country’s workforce, the highest rate globally.
Speaking to KUNA, Maha Al-Baghli, Municipality Council member, said that Kuwait’s women managed to join all fields and get leading posts in the private and public sectors.
Meanwhile, Maali Al-Asousi, an advisor of humanitarian action, said Kuwait’s women have a key role in the society and effective contributions to voluntary and humanitarian action, the recent efforts were their participation in combating the coronavirus.
Economic and political freedom helped Kuwait’s women obtain the most leading posts in the State, she said.
For her part, Alia Johar, a media person, stressed the significant role of Kuwait’s women in enriching literature in the Arab world.
She referred to several contributions of Kuwait’s women in media, despite challenges to prove their excellence and be effective in varied media outlets. Finally, Bedour Al-Sumait, head of business and professional women federation, said the country’s leadership has backed and encouraged women to practice their effective role and achieve comprehensive development.
This helped them obtain several leading and administrative positions in the country, in addition to judicial, military, economic and diplomatic institutions, he noted.
Source: Kuwait News Agency
