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Bahrain is a constitutional monarchy (until 2002 emirate) with an executive appointed by the king, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and a bi-cameral legislature, with the Chamber of Deputies elected by universal suffrage, and the Shura Council appointed directly by the king. ...
| | | | | See also History of Bahrain | | The position of king of Bahrain was created in February 2002 when the then emir of Bahrain Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah gave himself the title of king. ...
Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifah (born January 28, 1950 in Ar-Rifa, Bahrain) (Arabic: Øمد بن عيسى آل خليÙØ©) is the current King of Bahrain (from 2002), having previously been its Emir (since 1999). ...
In Bahrain, the Prime Minister is the head of government of the country. ...
‎Khalifah ibn Sulman al-Khalifah (born 1936) is the Prime Minister of Bahrain. ...
The National Assembly is the name of both chambers of the Bahraini parliament when sitting in joint session, as laid out in the Constitution of 2002. ...
The Council of Representatives (majlis an-nuwab), sometimes translated as the Chamber of Deputies, is the name given to the lower house of the Bahraini National Assembly, the main legislative body of Bahrain. ...
The Consultative Council (majlis al-shura) is the name given to the upper house of the National Assembly, the main legislative body of Bahrain. ...
Political parties from the former Communist Left to the Islamist Right sit in parliament in Bahrain, but are known technically as Political Associations or Blocs. ...
On 24 October 2002, men and women went to the polls in Bahrain to vote in parliamentary elections for the new National Assembly. ...
The Kingdom of Bahrain, or Bahrain, is a borderless country in the Persian Gulf (Southwest Asia/Middle East, Asia). ...
Bahrain plays a modest, moderating role in regional politics and adheres to the views of the Arab League on Middle East peace and Palestinian rights. ...
// The Dilmun Era The history of Bahrain goes back more than five thousand years to its role as the centre of the ancient civilisation of Dilmun, which dominated the trade routes between Sumeria and the Indus Valley. ...
| Women’s political rights have been a cornerstone of the political reforms initiated by King Hamad with for the first time women being given the right to vote and stand as candidates in national elections after the constitution was amended in 2002. The extension of equal political rights has been accompanied by a self-conscious drive to promote women to positions of authority within government. Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah (born January 28, 1950 in Manama, Bahrain) is the current King of Bahrain (from 2002), having previously been its Emir (since 1999). ...
On 24 October 2002, men and women went to the polls in Bahrain to vote in parliamentary elections for the new National Assembly. ...
The move to give women the vote in 2002 was part of a wide ranging political reforms that have seen the establishment of a democratically elected parliament and the release of political prisoners. Before 2002, women had no political rights and could neither vote in elections or stand as candidates.
There was though some ambiguity towards the extension of political rights from sections of Bahraini society, not least from women themselves with 60% of Bahraini women surveyed in 2001 opposed to extending the vote to women.
Although many women stood as candidates in both municipal and parliamentary elections in 2002 none were elected to office. Women candidates were conspicuous by their absence in the lists of Islamist parties such as Al Wefaq, Al Menbar and Asalah. Islamism is a political ideology derived from the conservative religious views of Muslim fundamentalism. ...
Al Wefaq National Islamic Society is Bahrains most largest political society. ...
Al Menbar Islamic Bloc is the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Bahrain. ...
Asalah is the main Salafist party in Bahrain, and after 2002s general election is one of the most well represented in the Kingdoms parliament with seven MPs. ...
Following the poor performance of women candidates in the parliamentary elections, six women including one Christian, were appointed to the upper chamber of parliament, the Shura Council. In 2004, Bahrain appointed its first female minister, Dr Nada Haffadh to the position of Health Minister, and in 2005 a second woman minister was appointed to the cabinet. In April 2005, Shura member Alees Samaan became the first woman to chair a parliamentary session in the Arab world when she chaired the Shura Council. The head of the main women's organisation, the Supreme Council for Women, Ms Lulwa Al Awadhi, has been given the title of 'honorary cabinet minister'. The Consultative Council (majlis al-shura) is the name given to the upper house of the National Assembly, the main legislative body of Bahrain. ...
Dr Nada Haffadh became Bahrains first female cabinet minister when she was appointed Minister of Health in 2004. ...
Alees Samaan is the first woman to chair a parliament in the Middle East when in April 2005 chaired Bahrains upper house of parliament, the Consultative Council. ...
The Supreme Council for Women is Bahrain’s advisory body to the government on womens issues. ...
Lulwa Al Awadhi is a leading Bahrani womens rights advocate and the the Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Women, the main womens organisation in Bahrain. ...
Bahrain's move was widely credited with encouraging women's rights activists in the rest of the Gulf to step up demands for equality. In 2005, it was announced that Kuwaiti women would be granted equal political rights to men. This article is about the country of Kuwait. ...
Personal Status Law The most pressing issue for many Bahraini women is the lack of a unified family law or Personal Status Law as it is known, leaving matters of divorce and child custody to the discretion of Sharia judges, who have been criticised for a lack of consistency in their judgements. In November 2005, the Supreme Council for Women in an alliance with other women's rights activists began a campaign for change - organising demonstrations, putting up posters across the island and carrying out a series of media interviews (see Supreme Council's website for full details in Arabic). Sharia (Arabic: ; also Sharīah, Sharia, Shariah or Syariah) is the Arabic word for Islamic law. ...
The Supreme Council for Women is Bahrain’s advisory body to the government on womens issues. ...
However, reform of the law has been resisted by the leading Shia Islamist party, Al Wefaq, resulting in a major political showdown with women's rights activists. Al Wefaq has stated that neither elected MPs nor the government have authority to change the law because these institutions could 'misinterpret the word of God'. Instead the right to reform the law is the sole responsibility of religious leaders. Shiʻa Islam (Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite) makes up the second largest sect of believers in Islam, constituting about 30%–35% of all Muslim. ...
Islamism is a political ideology derived from the conservative religious views of Muslim fundamentalism. ...
Al Wefaq National Islamic Society is Bahrains most largest political society. ...
The Chamber of Deputies is the name given to the lower house of the bicameral legislatures of the following countries: It is also the name given to the unicameral parliaments of the following countries: Historically, the Chamber of Deputies (fr:Chambre des députés) was the lower house of...
In 9 November 2005, supporters of Al Wefaq claimed to have organised Bahrain's largest ever demonstration with 120,000 protesting against the introduction of the Personal Status Law, and for the maintenance of each religious group having their own divorce and inheritance laws. On the same day an alliance of women's rights organisations held a rally calling for the unified law, but this attracted only 500 supporters.
The issue of the introduction of a unified Personal Status Law has divided civil society into two camps, with women's rights and human rights groups wanting its introduction opposed by Shia Islamist groups and their front organisations such as the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights in alliance with the wahabbi Asalah: The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights is the biggest Bahrainian human rights organization. ...
Wahhabism (sometimes spelled Wahabbism or Wahabism) is a movement of Islam named after Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab (1703–1792). ...
Asalah is the main Salafist party in Bahrain, and after 2002s general election is one of the most well represented in the Kingdoms parliament with seven MPs. ...
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Against: The Supreme Council for Women is Bahrain’s advisory body to the government on womens issues. ...
The Bahrain Human Rights Society was set up in 2002 following wide ranging political reforms by the Bahraini government to allow the functioning of independent human rights groups. ...
The Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society (BHRWS) is a Bahraini human rights organization established in November 2004 which has been at the forefront of efforts to protect housemaids, fight for women’s rights and confront Islamist campaigns to restrict personal freedoms. ...
The National Democratic Action is Bahrains largest Leftist political party, comprised of an alliance between former Maoists, socialists and Arab nationalists. ...
Amnesty International logo Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is an international, non-governmental organization with the stated purpose of promoting all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. ...
Al Wefaq National Islamic Society is Bahrains most largest political society. ...
Asalah is the main Salafist party in Bahrain, and after 2002s general election is one of the most well represented in the Kingdoms parliament with seven MPs. ...
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights is the biggest Bahrainian human rights organization. ...
The Islamic Action Party is an Islamist political party in Bahrain which is made up of mostly of Shias belonging the Shirazi faction. ...
See also The Supreme Council for Women is Bahrain’s advisory body to the government on womens issues. ...
Bahrain is a constitutional monarchy (until 2002 emirate) with an executive appointed by the king, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and a bi-cameral legislature, with the Chamber of Deputies elected by universal suffrage, and the Shura Council appointed directly by the king. ...
Suffrage parade, New York City, 1912 The movement for womens suffrage, led by suffragists (peaceful protestors) and suffragettes (violent protestors), was a social, economic and political reform movement aimed at extending the suffrage (the right to vote) to women, advocating equal suffrage (abolition of graded votes) rather than universal...
Feminism is a diverse, competing, and often opposing collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerning the experiences of women, especially in terms of their social, political, and economic inequalities. ...
Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ...
External links - A guide to Bahrain, Your complete guide to Bahrain, April 2006
- New Dawn for Bahraini Women, Amnesty International, March 2002
- Bahraini women beat regional odds by earning more than men, Free Republic
- Lifting the veil for women in politics, Gulf Daily News, 6 August 2005
- In the Gulf, women are not women's best friends, Daily Star, 20 June 2005
- Personal law plan rapped, Gulf Daily News, 3 November 2005
- Demonstration against family law reform, AKI, 5 November 2005
- Law rivals in show of strength, Gulf Daily News, 10 November 2005
- Bahraini woman chairs parliament BBC, 19 April 2005
- Women warned of 'dirty' poll fight, Gulf Daily News, 13 October 2005
- 'Clerics biggest obstacle to women's rights in Bahrain' Kuwait Times, 1 April 2006
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