Sunday, May 17, 2009

Abedaslam Ayesh

Kuiwat elected female parliament members for the first time. Women gained the right to vote and run for office in 2005 but failed in two previous elections to win seats in the 50-member parliament. Kuiwat has an elected parliament that wields considerable power, but the cabinet is still chosen and led by a ruling family that holds ultimate power.

All of the female winners have Ph.D's from the United States. Among them is economist and women's rights activist Rola Dashti, who battled in court for political rights for Kuwaiti women years before the legislature approved the suffrage bill. The other women are education professor Salwa al-Jassar and philosophy professor Aseel al-Awadhi.

I believe Kuiwat has clearly sent a message to the world that it is willing to consider accepting the hegemonic ideology of the US " democracy" "modernization" " I'm a firm believer that actions speak louder than words.

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