Kuwaiti women win passport right

Kuwaiti women have won the right to obtaining their own passport without requiring the consent of their husbands, following a ruling by the country's highest court.

In the latest advancement for women's rights in Kuwait, the emirate's constitutional court has ruled that women do not need to obtain their spousal approval before obtaining a passport to travel.

The ruling has revoked a 1962 passport law whereby women could not be granted a passport without the consent of their husbands.

Unlike their peers in highly conservative neighbors such as Saudi Arabia, women in Kuwait can vote, serve in parliament and drive.

Kuwait granted women the right to vote four years ago amid the opposition of tribal and conservative members of parliament.

It was not until 2009 that Kuwaiti women managed to put an end to the men-only era of their country's parliament by winning four seats.

Source: PressTV.
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