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Eight women declared winners in Bahrain runoff elections (Picture: News of Bahrain)
Monday, November 21, 2022
Eight women declared winners in Bahrain runoff elections
News of Bahrain
New history was created as eight women made it into the highest floor of democracy. The women winners in the second round are Jalila Alawi (Eight Electoral District of the Capital Governorate), Iman Showaiter (Tenth Electoral District of the Capital...
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مواطنون بحرينيون أثناء الإدلاء بأصواتهم فى الانتخابات
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Bahrain election sees high turnout of youth and women
The Daily Tribune – News of Bahrain
The first round of polls held to elect the new Parliament and Municipal Councils on Saturday created many milestones in Bahrain in terms of participation. Among them was the record number of women and youth who queued up to cast their ballots across...
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Fawzia Zainal
Monday, April 11, 2022
Interviews
Fawzia Zaynal
Fawzia Zainal is the President of Bahrain’s Council of Representatives, the first woman to fill this position in the country’s history.  This interview was conducted on 6 September 2021, in Vienna (Austria), during the 13th Summit of Women Speakers...
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Friday, December 14, 2018
Fawzia Zainal elected first woman Speaker of Bahraini parliament
English Alarabiya
Bahrain’s parliament made history on Wednesday when it elected MP Fawzia Zainal as its first female Speaker of the Council of Representatives. Zainal, who won 25 votes from the 40-member lower house chamber, became the second woman to head a...
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Monday, December 03, 2018
Record number of Bahraini women elected to parliament
Al Jazeera
A record number of women have been elected in Bahrain's elections in what officials say is an historic achievement that has broken the glass ceiling of representation in the country's parliament. By the election's second and final round of voting on...
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Monday, November 26, 2018
Record number of women contest in Bahrain’s local elections
Al Arabiya
Bahrain will field a record number of women candidates in the upcoming parliamentary and municipality elections to be held on November 24, although two of the three incumbent female MPs have decided to opt out of this year’s race. While two women...
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Friday, September 09, 2016
Bahrain Institute for Public Administration is Helping Women to Access the Labor Market
Bahrain Institute for Public Administration (BIPA) Director-General Raed Mohammed Bin Shams recently announced endeavors to help Bahraini women develop tools to grow into positions of leadership, a strategy that falls in line with the goals of the...
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Egypt Beijing +20 review
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
We count on your leadership to tackle the barriers that remain for Arab women says Executive Director at Beijing+20 regional review
 Cairo– At the Arab States high-level regional review meeting for Beijing+20, held in Cairo, Egypt from 2–3 February 2015, Member States assessed progress and challenges in implementing the 20-year-old Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action...
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Thursday, July 17, 2014
30 trained to contest elections
THIRTY Bahraini women are being trained to contest the upcoming parliamentary and municipal elections. The four-phase programme, organised by the Supreme Council for Women (SCW), focuses on skills training, political empowerment of women, knowledge...
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Thursday, July 17, 2014
Nine women to fight election, Bahrain
Nine Bahraini women have confirmed their candidacy for the upcoming parliament and municipal council elections. However, they said they will reveal their election campaigns closer to the polls, which are expected to take place in November. Six women...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Bahrainis encouraged to take active part in parliamentary elections
The new constitution allowed women to run as candidates in the parliament and municipal elections. While no woman won a seat in 2002, Lateefa A Gaood in 2006 made Bahrain and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) history when she became the first GCC...
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Friday, May 02, 2014
Discrimination Against Women in Bahraini Society and Legislation
The attached report was submitted by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights to the CEDAW (Convention for the Eliminatin of Discrimination Against Women) Committee. The Bahrain Center for Human Rights is is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization, ...
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Friday, May 02, 2014
Report / White Paper
Family Law in Bahrain
This report from Bahrain Center for Human Rights covers the state of family law and its implications for women in Bahrain.   The report includes insight into the following areas: - Overview of Family Law in Bahrain - Divorce Rights, Guardianship and...
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Thursday, October 10, 2013
Course: Gender and Revolutions: Rethinking the “Women Question” in the Modern Middle East
Female reformers and revolutionaries were at the forefront of many of the Middle East’s historic sociopolitical movements. These women, members of diverse classes, religious persuasions, and ethnic communities, played key roles in toppling dictators...
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Monday, August 19, 2013
More women gearing up for poll challenge, Bahrain
The study, A View of Bahraini Women's Political Stance, was made by Bahraini Nooh Khalifa, who is a renowned author and media expert. A total of 300 Bahraini women from different political backgrounds and age groups were surveyed. It was completed...
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Monday, August 19, 2013
Lifting the Veil With Souad Mekhennet: Bahrain’s Iron Lady
Sameera Rajab is everything in person that you wouldn’t expect from an official government spokesperson in a Gulf country: she’s a woman, a mother of three girls, a Shiite, and the first cousin of Nabeel Rajab, one of the main opposition leaders...
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Friday, June 21, 2013
Behind the dismal representation of women, Bahrain
  BAHRAINI women are the most empowered women in the Middle East, according to a study by Mastercard. The research last year covered education, employment opportunities and involvement in government. Women accounted for 15 per cent of Bahrain...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Violence against women in politics
Highlighting news, interviews, resources and events on violence against women in politics
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