di kuwait dan negara-negara arab teluk lain, wanita berhak dipilih menjadi anggota parlemen saja mejadi prestasi sejarah. padahal sekarang sudah abad 21.
di indonesia, sejak pemilu 1955 wanita sama haknya dengan laki-laki untuk memilih dan dipilih. At 01:35 AM 6/29/06 +0200, you wrote: ><http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=84525&d=29&m=6&y=2006>http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=84525&d=29&m=6&y=2006 > >Thursday, 29, June, 2006 (03, Jumada al-Thani, 1427) > >Kuwaiti Polls Set to Make History >Ebtihal Mubarak, Arab News > > >JEDDAH, 29 June 2006 - Starting at 8 a.m. Kuwaitis will begin voting to >elect 50 members to the new Parliament. > >Women are set to make history in this election both as first-time voters >and candidates since the constitution and first parliamentary elections >took place in 1962. > >Taking into consideration the fact that women in Kuwait make up 58 percent >of the population this is a highly charged election with many changes and >surprises predicted. > >Since the first parliamentary elections took place more than 40 years ago, >Kuwait has only had ten Parliaments and these have been stopped several >times by constitutional order. The last Parliament was dissolved by the >emir following a number of electoral disputes. > >In this eleventh parliamentary election, the 28 women candidates are >running in 17 precincts out of 25, whereas the 253 male candidates are >spread out in all 25 precincts. Among the 28 women candidates only one has >made an alliance with another candidate, and that is Salwa Al-Mitari who >joined with Saadon Hammad. > >"The whole country is upside down due to the voting atmosphere that is >prevailing," said Hamid Al-Enazi from Kuwait TV in a telephone interview >with Arab News. He said that alliances and quarrels were extensively >taking place yesterday before the election. Al-Enazi added that results >would also be aired live on Kuwait television, most likely after midnight >tomorrow. > >"Rola Dashti and Nabila Al-Anjari are more likely to get the most votes >from among the women candidates," said Al-Enazi. He said that even though >he personally thinks that female candidates are not going to win they >would probably come third or fourth. Candidate Rola Dashti spoke to Arab >News with confidence. "Tomorrow's Kuwaiti elections will make history," >said Dashti. She said that she found a great deal of cooperation from both >men and women. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/BRUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Reading only, http://dear.to/ppi 4. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
