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**http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=75570&d=1&m=1&y=2006
Sunday, 1, January, 2006 (01, Dhul Hijjah, 1426)
New Panel Disappoints Women
Maha Akeel, Arab News
JEDDAH, 1 January 2006 - Women have been asking for a real role and
representation at the Shoura Council but they may not get either anytime soon.
According to local newspapers, the Shoura Council will soon name members
of a national women's committee which will not be independent but function
primarily as a consultative body. The committee will have the right to make
suggestions if the chairman of the council asks them to.
A source has been quoted by the media as saying that the women will not
be members of the council but will be consultants in matters concerning women.
The source dismissed the possibility of women being appointed members of
the council during the current session which runs for another three and a half
years.
Mohammed Al-Zulfa, a Shoura Council member, told Arab News that the
council did not have the legal right to demand or discuss the presence of women
in its membership.
"The power of change is in the political decision. This might be the
first step in paving the way for women's entry into the council as active
members," he pointed out.
He did say, however, that he did not believe that women would be
appointed to the council in the next three years. "Achievements in 2005 - such
as women's participation in the chambers of commerce and engineering council
elections and winning seats plus women's participation in the national dialogue
- are paving the way for women's participation in the Shoura Council and the
municipal council elections," said Al-Zulfa.
During the past three years, some women have been invited to the Shoura
Council to give their opinions on specific issues concerning women. They have
in fact performed the same function as the soon to be announced women's
committee.
Hatoon Al-Fassi, an associate professor at King Saud University and one
of the women nominated for the committee, was surprised at being included and
disappointed by the limited scope of the committee's role.
Al-Fassi explained: "I hope the committee will not be as has been
suggested; if so, there is no need for it and I object to being included. This
is not a first step; it is very much the same as what we have now. Women are
asked as consultants with no right to make decisions, no authority and their
opinions are not taken. This is not the committee we have been asking for.
"What we want is an independent women's committee, supervising all
women's issues and reporting directly to the king. We want to be a link between
the leadership and the executive branches."
Last week Dr. Salwa Al-Hazaa, head of the ophthalmology department at
King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh and one of the women regularly
consulted by the Shoura Council, said a women's committee was about to be
formed but did not give details.
Women have been asking for the formation of the committee for years but
the committee as suggested falls far below their desires and expectations.
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