Lebanese women must be given greater roles in their country’s political and economic systems, especially in the wake of the current financial crisis, a United Nations (UN) report said this week.   more ...

Kuwait’s constitutional court on Wednesday rejected a petition brought by four voters to declare invalid the election of two women MPs because they refuse to wear the hijab headscarf.   more ...

Once again, and from a wide open door, the Lebanese woman has returned to the Lebanese Council of Ministers after a long absence, with two prominent Ministers being Mona Adeeb Afish as a state minister and Raya Hassan Haffar as minister of finance  more ...

AWN # 119– 30-11-09, Kuwaiti authorities must ensure women's right to join judiciary, 30-11-09, www.kuwaittimes.net, Politics, Member of Parliament  more ...

The candidate Miss Amal Hadad won the chairmanship of the Bar Association. Her winning is considered as a qualitative step on the road of accepting women to take the responsibility. It was the first woman to win in this position since the founding of the bar association in 1919   more ...