Kuwaiti Women Get Passport Rights (Without Hubby’s Consent)
Kuwaiti women were given the right to get a passport without permission from their husband today. While I usually write about domestic travel, I thought this was important to cover, mainly because Kuwait — compared to its neighboring countries — is considered progressive on women’s rights. There women are allowed to travel, drive, vote and even run for Parliament. The passport law, in effect since 1962, requires a husband’s signature on a woman’s passport application. The country’s constitutional court agreed with Fatima Al-Baghli, whose complaint said her husband prevented her from leaving the country by hiding her passport and not granting her permission for a new one. Al-Baghli was one of thousands of women who petitioned the courts for passport rights. I think that we take…
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