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The Kuwaiti army announced, on October 12, the opening of registration for Kuwaiti women to join the army and military work. According to the Ministry of Defense, registration will be open f... Read more
3 women out of 8 occupied the position of Deputy Speaker of the House in Morocco Second Deputy-Speaker Khadija Zoumi Istiqlali Group of Unity and Egalitarianism Sixth Deputy-Speaker Nadia Th... Read more
In Qatar, None of the women candidates won the Shura Council elections. The vote was for 30 members out of 45, and Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani appoints the remaining 15 members. The Emir o... Read more
In Tunisia: On October 11, 2021, President Kais Saied approved forming the new government with 10 women out of 26 ministries with a percentage of 38.4%. Naglaa Boden: Prime Minister Laila Ja... Read more
On October 10, 2021, Iraqi women managed to win 97 seats in the elections out of 329 members with a percentage of 29.4%, an increase of 14 seats over the quota for women. The women’s q... Read more
On October 2, 2021, the first elections for the Advisory Shura Council were held. Voters chose none of the 26 women who stood for election. The candidates’ total number is 234. The vote was... Read more
Currently, Somalia is holding elections for its Upper House, and is preparing for elections for its Lower House, known as the House of the People. The Parliamentary elections is expected to... Read more
The House of Representatives of 2021 will have more women elected than in the previous Parliament of 2016. Their number is (96 out of a total of 395 MPs) compared to (81 female MPs out of 39... Read more
On September 8, 2021 elections in Morocco took place. According to Preliminary results Morocco’s moderate Islamist party (Justice and Development Party) suffered major losses. The party held... Read more
Twenty-one electoral coalitions will run in Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary elections in October 10, 2021. There are a total of 3,249 candidates vying in the polls, including 951 women and 789... Read more