(L-R) Dr. Massouma Al-Mubarak, Dr. Aseel Al-Awadhi, Dr. Rola Dashti, Dr. Salwa Jassar

(L-R) Dr. Massouma Al-Mubarak, Dr. Aseel Al-Awadhi, Dr. Rola Dashti, Dr. Salwa Jassar
Kuwait's First Female MPs

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Ongoing debate: Women playing soccer, participating in Olympics in Kuwait

Article here

Kuwaiti university students express their opinions on women playing soccer in Kuwait.

Article Here

The second article acknowledges MPs Dr. Rola Dashti and Massouma Al-Mubarak's opinions on this issue at an event sponsored by the WCSS in which the female members of the soccer team were recognized in an awards ceremony for their efforts.

Article here

MP Dr. Aseel Al-Awadhi claims that this rejection of Kuwaiti women's participation is attributed to the, "misogynistic system put in place in Kuwaiti to prevent women from practicing their full role in society and have nothing to do with Islam itself". (quote taken from above article)

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