“Kuwait has appointed its first female cabinet minister a month after parliament agreed to let women vote and stand for office,” reports the BBC. “Massouma al-Mubarak, a political science professor and columnist, was named as planning minister and minister for administrative development.” Earlier this month …
From Reuters/Yahoo:
Earlier this month, the U.S. allied country appointed two women to its municipal council for the first time, in another historic move after it granted women suffrage last month
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Kuwait would be the third country in the conservative Gulf Arab region to have a woman cabinet member.
Rola Dashti, a leading women’s rights activist and close friend of Mubarak, told Reuters: “Dr. Massouma al-Mubarak has been informed that she has been appointed as planning minister and minister of state for administrative development affairs.”
PHOTO ABOVE: “Kuwaiti women have welcomed the political reforms,” BBC. I could not find a photo of Ms. Mubarak.
