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Matthew Yglesias: Passports for Kuwaiti Women
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Kuwaiti women win passport rights.. http://bit.ly/fxaXl PASSPORT RIGHTS????? 10/25/2009 |
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Kuwait has made it into the 1800's! Kuwaiti women win passport rights http://bit.ly/fxaXl 10/23/2009 |
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Kuwaiti women win passport rights (BBC News) http://bit.ly/1yq8hq #iranelection #kuwait (via @jocarva) 10/22/2009 |
Passports for Kuwaiti Women
Matthew Yglesias —
... without the consent of their husband. That’s obviously appropriate on its own terms, but I was interested to further learn that this wasn’t a royal decree but a ruling of the country’s constitutional court. Indeed, in recent years Kuwait seems to have evolved in a more democratic direction in recent years than I’d realized: ...
Kuwaiti women granted passport rights
Feministing —
Good news (via Matt Yglesias): Women in Kuwait have been granted the right to travel without their husband's permission. The article abolished by the court dated back to Kuwait's 1962 passport law which required a husband's signature on a woman's passport application.
Aseel al-Awadhi, one of the new MPs, welcomed the passport law ruling as a "victory for constitutional principles that puts an end to this injustice against Kuwaiti women".
Women's political rights have really improved in ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 10/21/2009
Gates of Vienna —
... is resolved, it will continue to be a source of injustice and where there is injustice, there is rage, there is a lack of hope, and this gives life to further violence and negativity, it feeds extremist ideologies, a terrible inheritance for future generations. If the issue remains unresolved,” she concluded, “its negative effects will be felt elsewhere too. I don’t believe that we would have such extreme ideologies in the world if there were not so much injustice.” (ANSAmed). [image] Kuwaiti Women Win Passport Rights Kuwaiti women will be able to obtain their own passport ...
