Kuwaiti women win passport rights

[demoleft]

Kuwait's constitutional court has granted women the right to obtain their own passports without the consent of their husbands and guardians.

The highest court in the Gulf Arab nation issued the ruling on Tuesday, abrogating an article in a 1962 law that required women to gain their husband's prior approval before travelling.

The court said the article was a violation of several provisions in the constitution that guarantee personal freedom and gender equality.

"It undermines her free will and compromises her humanity," the court said, according to a copy of the decision provided by a lawyer involved in the case.

source: al jazeera, http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2009/10/20091021142137141546.html

yeah, the kind of news i like.

[slackmaster]

1. Bullshit - They already had passport rights like all people do

Their passport rights were infringed.

[demoleft]

2. that's not the opinion of the women and activists there. n/t

[slackmaster]

3. They're accustomed to living under authoritarian rule, in which rights are granted by government

It's a state of mind that can change.