Kuwait: Kuwaiti MPs scupper women's vote
Source:
BBC The Kuwaiti parliament has failed to pass a law which would, for the first time, have given women the right to vote and stand in municipal elections.
Website Link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4506445.stm
Submitted on Wed, 05/04/2005 - 00:00
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