Kuwait

Around 384,000 voters are expected to head to polling stations to select 50 members of Parliament tomorrow. Voters are to select from around 211 candidates vying for parliamentary seats.
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"Of course I'm going to vote for women - and I really hope that women can make it this time," said Bahja with a large smile on her face. The 70-year-old woman was stoic and uncomplaining, queuing in a long line of voters, all of whom were waiting to enter the voting booth in Salmiya yesterday.
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Since winning their political rights in 2005, Kuwaiti women have shown great advances in many walks of life, not only voting but also running for parliamentary seats. While failing to win any seats in last year's elections, female candidates recorded great results and many expect to see a female lawmaker in the National Assembly following yesterday's election.
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Four Kuwaitis have become the first women elected to their nation's parliament, a resounding victory in a conservative Persian Gulf country where the legislature has been men-only for almost half a century.
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. Official results from Saturday's vote were read out by judges on state-owned TV on Sunday.To read the full article please visit the Yahoo News website.

Women have won four seats in Kuwait's parliament, the first to do so in the Gulf Arab state's history, in a blow to Islamists who have long dominated the assembly.
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MP-elect Jassem Al-Khorafi said he was surprised when only four women won the elections as they constitute more than half of the total number of eligible voters, reports Awan daily. Speaking at the election center of Salwa Al-Jassar recently, Al-Khorafi argued more women would have entered the Parliament if all the female electors voted in their favor.
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AlـSabah received the four female MPs, who recently won in the parliamentary elections, at the Seif Palace on May 19, 2009. His Highness the Amir congratulated the newly elected female MPs for earning the citizens'' confidence and expressed his joy after meeting MPs Maasouma AlـMubarak, Salwa AlـJassar, Rola Dashti and Aseel AlـAwadhi.
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Newly elected MP, former minister Dr. Masouma Al-Mubarak, has announced that she will be running for the Deputy Speaker's position in parliament, inspired by the rate of change that the results of the elections have shown.
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“We should put Kuwait on top of our priorities as it is our only protection and future,” MP-elect Maasouma Al-Mubarak said Tuesday when the four female MPs-elect celebrated their historic victory at the Women Cultural & Social Society in Khaldiya.
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