Polygamy, Nikah Halala: SC To Set Up Fresh Five-Judge Constitution Bench At An “Appropriate Stage” To Hear Pleas
New Age Islam News Bureau
23 March 2023
• UAE’s Sheikha Fatima bint Hazza honoured at London’s
Arab Woman Award in Recognition Of Her Contributions To Female Empowerment
• Shamima Begum’s Former Friend Who Inspired Her To
Join Daesh Ridicules Her As ‘Non-Believer’
• Qatar Chamber Official Opens ‘Arabian Woman
Exhibition’
• Various Sport Events For Qatari Women To Take Place
In Ramadan
• 1 In 3 Muslim Women In Hyderabad Lone Breadwinners,
Says Survey
• Elated Female Cadets Graduate From Saudi Arabia’s
King Fahd Security College
• How Women Played Crucial Roles In Iraq – And Changed
US Military Forever
• Kuwait Considers Granting Expat Wife Citizenship
After 18 Years
Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau
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Polygamy, Nikah Halala: SC To Set Up Fresh Five-Judge
Constitution Bench At An “Appropriate Stage” To Hear Pleas
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Dave/Reuters
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23rd March 2023
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it
will constitute a fresh five-judge constitution bench at an “appropriate stage”
to take up petitions challenging the constitutional validity of polygamy and
‘nikah halala’ among Muslims.
Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, who has filed a plea in
connection with the issue, mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief
Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud. The bench, also comprising Justices P.S.
Narasimha and J.B. Pardiwala, said that it will consider the matter. The Chief
Justice said, “At an appropriate stage, I will constitute a constitution
bench”.
On August 30, a five-judge constitution bench
comprising Justices Indira Banerjee, Hemant Gupta, Surya Kant, M.M. Sundresh,
and Sudhanshu Dhulia issued a notice on the petitions and made the National
Human Rights Commission (NHRC), National Commission for Women (NCW) and the
National Commission for Minorities (NCM) parties to the matter and sought their
response in the matter.
However, two judges’, Justice Banerjee and Justice
Gupta, have retired now, therefore there is a need to re-constitute the bench
to hear a batch of pleas challenging the practices of polygamy and ‘nikah
halala’.
Upadhyay’s plea said the injury caused to the women as
practice of triple-talaq, polygamy and nikah-halala is violative of Articles
14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution and injurious to public order, morality, and
health.
The plea sought a direction to declare Section 2 of
the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, unconstitutional and
violative of Articles 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution, insofar as it seeks to
recognise polygamy and nikah-halala.
“It is well-settled that common law has primacy over
the personal laws. Hence, this court may declare that — Triple Talaq is cruelty
under Section 498A of the IPC, 1860, Nikah-Halala is rape under Section 375 of
the IPC,1860, and Polygamy is an offence under Section 494 of the IPC, 1860”,
said Upadhyay’s plea.
In August 2017, the top court held that Muslim
practice of ‘triple talaq’ is unconstitutional and struck it down by 3:2
majority. Polygamy allows a Muslim man to have four wives, and once a Muslim
woman has been divorced, her husband is not permitted to take her back even if
he had pronounced talaq under the influence of any intoxicant, unless his wife
undergoes nikah-halala, which involves her marriage with another man, who
subsequently divorces her so that her previous husband can remarry her.
Source: Siasat Daily
https://www.siasat.com/polygamy-nikah-halala-sc-to-set-up-fresh-bench-to-hear-pleas-2553418/
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UAE’s Sheikha Fatima bint Hazza honoured at London’s
Arab Woman Award in Recognition Of Her Contributions To Female Empowerment
Sheikha Fatima bint Hazza
was honored at the eighth edition of the Arab Women Awards in London. (WAM)
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March 22, 2023
LONDON: The UAE’s Sheikha Fatima bint Hazza was
honoured on Tuesday with the Arab Woman Award at a ceremony in London in
recognition of her contributions to female empowerment in the region and her philanthropic
efforts in various countries, Vogue Arabia reported.
Sheikha Fatima has been a strong supporter of cultural
initiatives, particularly those involving the arts and sports.
She has endorsed several programs aimed at boosting
the cultural scene in the UAE and the region through her role as chairwoman of
the board of directors of the Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies Sports Academy and the
Fatima bint Hazza Cultural Foundation.
Her other accomplishments include increasing access to
education in Bangladesh, building schools in Kenya, and forming the Fatima bint
Hazza Fund for Emirati women to pursue higher education abroad, Vogue Arabia
reported.
She is “committed to enhancing the role of women in
various ways, as she is a supporter of sports and arts, and we are honored to
bestow her with the Achievement Award in Cultural Development,” the Arab London
Foundation said.
The philanthropist has also helped broaden young
people’s interest in fields such as art, literature, sustainability and
community interaction, Vogue Arabia reported.
The Fatima bint Hazza Cultural Foundation recently
launched a series of short stories for young people focusing on culture, local
identity and sustainability
Upon accepting her award, Sheikha Fatima praised
Emirati leaders and their efforts to encourage women to pursue their dreams.
“Effective participation and making progress and
positive change are the core values that we have been raised on,” she said.
“I am proud to represent my country, the UAE, where
women have not had to struggle to obtain their rights but have always been at
the forefront since the establishment of the state.”
Source: Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2273796/lifestyle
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Shamima Begum’s Former Friend Who Inspired Her To Join
Daesh Ridicules Her As ‘Non-Believer’
March 22, 2023
LONDON: Shamima Begum’s best friend, whom she claims
inspired her to join Daesh, was tracked down by the BBC after escaping from a
Syrian detention camp.
Sharmeena Begum, no relation, was Shamima Begum’s
schoolmate in Bethnal Green, east London. In December 2014, she fled to join
Daesh in Syria, with Shamima and two other friends following her two months
later.
The BBC tracked Sharmeena down after she escaped from
Camp Hol prison for women who were with Daesh and their children.
A journalist from the “Shamima Begum Story” podcast,
posing as a sympathizer, contacted Sharmeena online after receiving a tip-off
about a social media account she was using.
In her exchanges with the BBC, Sharmeena ridiculed
Shamima as a failure and a non-believer, claiming she had tainted the
reputation of the women who had joined Daesh.
Sharmeena also said her former friend was “just
another individual, living off the benefits” who did not contribute at all.
Sharmeena, still in Syria, is in hiding and going by a
different identity.
A former Daesh member told the BBC that she is
fanatical even according to the extremist group’s standards.
When asked if she regretted joining Daesh, Sharmeena
dodged the question, saying only that she did not want to return to the UK and
be sent to prison.
The BBC also discovered Sharmeena illegally
fundraising for Daesh members while in hiding. She has been posting about
detention camp conditions on social media while appealing for cryptocurrencies.
Although it is unclear how much money she has raised
in total, one account revealed 29 transactions totaling $3,000.
The commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces who
guards detainees at Camp Hol expressed concern that money like this is
assisting Daesh in regrouping, purchasing weapons, and planning escapes and
attacks.
“If we...look at the camps, there are little children
who are a few years old and are being raised on the ideology of how to kill,”
Gen. Newroz Ahmed told the BBC, saying that her people are among those being
targeted and killed.
Camp Hol hosts over 65,000 people of 57 different
nationalities. Guards say they have discovered grenades, guns and explosive
belts smuggled in and that 50 people have been murdered there over the last six
months, the BBC reported.
For her part, Shamima said Sharmeena played a big role
in influencing her to run away to Syria to join the extremist “caliphate.”
Shamima told the BBC: “I was being manipulated into
thinking this was the right thing to do and I was being manipulated with lies
about where I would be going and what I would be doing.
“I mean, in my opinion, even though Sharmeena probably
is still radical, I will say she was also a victim of (Daesh),” she added.
Source: Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2273726/world
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Qatar Chamber official opens ‘Arabian Woman
Exhibition’
MARCH 20, 2023
Qatar Chamber board member and chairperson of the
Qatari Businesswomen Forum Ibtihaj al-Ahmadani recently opened the ‘Arabian
Woman Exhibition’, which will run until March 22 at the Qatar National
Convention Centre (QNCC).
The opening ceremony was also attended by Tamader
al-Marri, director of Vogue Event Company, alongside a number of Qatari
businesswomen and entrepreneurs.
The expo, which is being held under the sponsorship of
Qatar Chamber, features 200 local and international stands with the
participation of more than 150 prominent female entrepreneurs from Qatar,
alongside others from GCC countries, Lebanon, Turkiye, Morocco, and India.
The expo displays the latest innovations in fashion
designs for this year’s Ramadan season, as well as a collection of women’s
accessories.
Following the opening ceremony, al-Ahmadani toured the
exhibition and was briefed on the latest designs, accessories, and products
presented by Qatari designers, as well as some fashion designers from other
countries.
On this occasion, al-Marri said the exhibition offers
a good opportunity for Qatari designers and other exhibitors to showcase their
new collections after the significant success of the expo’s previous editions.
She underscored this year’s edition saying it is a
distinguished event because of the participation of many prominent names in the
field of high-end fashion and abayas, adding that it is also comprehensive as
it displays a wide range of women’s fashion in terms of abayas and accessories.
Al-Marri said some of the designs by famous Qatari
designers are being presented for the first time in Qatar. She added that the
exhibition is expected to witness a great turnout this year because of the
variety of products on display from 10am to 10pm daily.
Source: Gulf Times
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Various sport events for Qatari women to take place in
Ramadan
MARCH 21, 2023
Qatar Women's Sport Committee (QWSC) is keen in its
Ramadan activities to provide the opportunity for women to enjoy activities
during the holy month of Ramadan, after the committee succeeded over the past
years in achieving a positive association between the holy month and sports.
As part of the committee's preparations for the
activities targeting women and girls during the holy month, two competitions
will be organised in padel in cooperation with Padel Qatar from March 26 to 29.
The committee also announced that it is in the process of organising Ramadan
activities in cooperation with Qatar Sports for All Federation (QSFA) in two
tournaments; the first is for indoor football, and the second is for
volleyball, as part of the joint cooperation between the federation and the
committee. Registration to participate in these events is expected to witness a
high turnout.
President of Qatar Women's Sports Committee Lolwa Al
Marri told Qatar News Agency (QNA) that the committee has close cooperation
with a number of institutions in the country in organising sport events for
women, and based on the success and great turnout in previous years, it
continues this cooperation during the holy month of Ramadan in organising
competitions in padel, volleyball, and indoor football, out of the belief in
the importance of sport.
Al Marri added that the committee's message is that
all girls and women in Qatar have the opportunity to benefit from the
participation in sports, with a focus on providing them with opportunities to
participate in sports activities and to make them part of their lives.
In the same context, Executive Director of the
committee Amna Al Qasimi said that QWSC is keen, in all its sports and
community activities, to provide an integrated environment for women and girls,
especially during the holy month, to enjoy a distinguished package of
activities designated for them.
She noted that the committee's goals are based on
encouraging women to participate in sports and improving their lives.
Al Qasimi added that mothers can participate in
various sports activities with their kids during Ramadan through fitness
competitions.
QWSC's Executive Director hailed the turnout in the
past years for the events organised by the committee, stressing that
registration in the events organized by the committee in Ramadan is available
to age groups from 16 years and above. She also appreciated the great role that
the committee plays with sports institutions in the country, in order to
organise special competitions for women during Ramadan.
On the other hand, the Qatar Golf Association will
organise a competition during the holy month, part of which will be devoted to
women.
Female golf player in Qatar's national golf team
Yasmin Al Sharshani affirmed that she is keen to practice in sports during
Ramadan in order to maintain her physical fitness.
Moreover, Qatar Shooting & Archery Association
will organise competitions in Ramadan with the participation of the Qatari
women's team. In this context, national team female shooter Reem Al Sharshani
said that every year she participates in the competitions organised by the
Association in Ramadan, in order to maintain her physical fitness, especially
in this holy month.
She added that she is preparing to participate in many
competitions during the current year. Therefore, she is keen to train during
Ramadan in order to be in perfect readiness for local and international
participation.
Former Qatari national team female archer Nada Zeidan
noted that continuing to practice sports during Ramadan is very necessary for
women to keep the body active, avoid gaining weight and overcome laziness.
She stressed that during Ramadan, diet habits of the
fasting person change, therefore, exercise plays a major role in eliminating
lethargy, avoiding fatigue and activating muscles, in addition to rebalancing
the components within the body, adding that exercising during a fasting state
burns more fat.
Nada Zeidan pointed out that doing light exercise
before Iftar for a period of time ranging from 45 minutes to a maximum of an
hour is important, especially in the archery sport. She added that she will
supervise training and events for archery as part of Ramadan activities that
will be organized by Al Shaqab, a member of Qatar Foundation.
Qatari dressage rider Wejdan Al Malki underlined that
during Ramadan she will attend a training camp in order to prepare for
international participation, through which she seeks to obtain the highest
classification points that enable her to qualify for the next Olympic Games
(Paris 2024).
Wejdan Al Malki stressed the importance of sports
during Ramadan to maintain physical and mental fitness.
Source: Gulf Times
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1 In 3 Muslim Women In Hyderabad Lone Breadwinners,
Says Survey
Mar 23, 2023
HYDERABAD: A pre-Ramzan survey to assess the
post-Covid-19 socio-economic situation of Muslim community in the Old City has
revealed that about 15% of children had dropped out of schools to work as child
labour and one-third of the households have women as lone breadwinners.
The survey of 5,000 Muslim households in the Old City
also revealed that 38% homes do not have white ration cards and 74% live in
rented houses. Absence of a white ration card deprived them of benefits such as
Aasara pension, PDS ration, health insurance, Shadi Mubarak, cooking gas
subsidy and housing scheme of the state government.
"Around 22% of households have inactive white
ration cards due to non-consumption of PDS ration, while 78% are rejected due
to various reasons such as Aadhaar seeding, biometrics or change of
address," the survey said.
The survey was conducted by city-based NGO Helping
Hand Foundation (HHF).
"The survey is aimed at understanding the
post-Covid-19 impact on the socio-economic status of the community and the
reasons why majority of the Muslims continue to remain economically backward
and secluded," said HHF managing trustee Mujtaba Hasan Askari.
"About 37% of women are single breadwinners for
families. Of them, 43% are widows, 22% are divorced and 37% are single women
abandoned by spouses," the survey said.
In the case of children, 70% go to private schools,
14% were in government schools and around 7% went to madrassas.
According to the survey, Muslims roughly constitute
43% of the city's population. Of them, 60% live in slums. Around 74% stay in
rented houses and 26% in own houses. Unlike Muslims from other states, Muslims
from Hyderabad seldom migrate to greener pastures for work.
Skilled labour such as tailors, mechanics, cooks,
plumber, electricians, carpenters and auto drivers make up 62% of the
community, while unskilled daily wagers make up 25%. Self-employed constitute
about 8% of the workforce. There is no presence of Muslims in construction and
agriculture or non-agriculture farm labour in and around the city.
Hyderabad: A pre-Ramzan survey to assess the
post-Covid-19 socio-economic situation of Muslim community in the Old City has
revealed that about 15% of children had dropped out of schools to work as child
labour and one-third of the households have women as lone breadwinners.
The survey of 5,000 Muslim households in the Old City
also revealed that 38% homes do not have white ration cards and 74% live in
rented houses. Absence of a white ration card deprived them of benefits such as
Aasara pension, PDS ration, health insurance, Shadi Mubarak, cooking gas
subsidy and housing scheme of the state government.
"Around 22% of households have inactive white
ration cards due to non-consumption of PDS ration, while 78% are rejected due
to various reasons such as Aadhaar seeding, biometrics or change of
address," the survey said.
The survey was conducted by city-based NGO Helping
Hand Foundation (HHF).
"The survey is aimed at understanding the post-Covid-19
impact on the socio-economic status of the community and the reasons why
majority of the Muslims continue to remain economically backward and
secluded," said HHF managing trustee Mujtaba Hasan Askari.
"About 37% of women are single breadwinners for
families. Of them, 43% are widows, 22% are divorced and 37% are single women
abandoned by spouses," the survey said.
In the case of children, 70% go to private schools,
14% were in government schools and around 7% went to madrassas.
According to the survey, Muslims roughly constitute
43% of the city's population. Of them, 60% live in slums. Around 74% stay in
rented houses and 26% in own houses. Unlike Muslims from other states, Muslims
from Hyderabad seldom migrate to greener pastures for work.
Skilled labour such as tailors, mechanics, cooks,
plumber, electricians, carpenters and auto drivers make up 62% of the
community, while unskilled daily wagers make up 25%. Self-employed constitute
about 8% of the workforce. There is no presence of Muslims in construction and
agriculture or non-agriculture farm labour in and around the city.
Source: Times Of India
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Elated female cadets graduate from Saudi Arabia’s King
Fahd Security College
22 March ,2023
Videos shared on social media showed elated female
cadets during their graduation from King Fahd Security College on Monday.
A video posted by the college showed the young women
congratulate each other and celebrate with their parents who voiced pride in
their daughters’ achievements.
“We thank all the trainers for their efforts,” one
graduate said as her friend added their joy was “indescribable.”
“[We are] so proud and happy. We thank everyone who
supported us [in every way possible] even if just morally,” another graduate
said.
“We acquired several skills… We acquired strength and
self-confidence,” another cadet said as a family member attending the ceremony
congratulated her and said there weren’t enough words to describe how proud he
was of her.
Under the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 plan – introduced by
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – the country aims to provide greater
opportunities for women and implement several initiatives that include
increasing women’s participation in the workforce, expanding women’s access to
leadership positions, and improving women’s access to education and training.
In 2019, for instance, Saudi Arabia announced that it
would allow women in the Kingdom to serve in the armed forces.
Women can sign up to join the Saudi Arabian Army,
Royal Saudi Air Defense, Royal Saudi Navy, Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force,
and Armed Forces Medical Services.
Source: Al Arabiya
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How
women played crucial roles in Iraq – and changed US military forever
Maya
Yang
21
Mar 2023
At
the time of the US-led invasion of Iraq, American military women were still
officially banned from ground combat.
Yet
the nature of that war with its ill-defined frontlines and insurgent attacks
meant that female troops quickly found themselves under enemy fire – and they
began firing back. Twenty years on, what started on that chaotic battlefield in
Iraq ended up changing the US armed forces forever.
During
the war, women played crucial roles under fire alongside their male
counterparts, including intelligence-gathering, medical aid, being deployed
with the national guard, the military police and combat service support roles.
All the while, many also faced issues including ill-fitting uniforms, sexual
harassment and difficulty applying for veteran benefits upon leaving the
service.
Since
the Al-Qaida terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, more than 300,000 US
women have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. A total of 166 women were
killed during combat operations and over 1,000 were wounded, according to the
Washington, DC-based Service Women’s Action Network (Swan).
Despite
the Combat Exclusion Policy prohibiting women from being “assigned” to ground
combat battalions in the invasion, commanders shifted to reflect the new
reality without officially changing policy, by saying women could be
temporarily “attached” to direct combat units.
“That
was a war that didn’t really have a normal … battle space … If you were on …
transport from the airport to the camp, you could find yourself having to
fight,” Lory Manning, a retired captain who served over 25 years in the navy,
told the Guardian.
On
the ever-shifting frontline, she said: “Army or marine corps majors or captains
would have to decide whether to send an infantry patrol out without a medic –
or to send a woman.
“Also,
with the cultural differences [in] Iraq and Afghanistan, if you were going to
search a [local] woman, it had to be done by another woman. If you were going
to get the sort of intelligence you could get by talking to the local people,
our men couldn’t talk to the local women. Our women could talk to both the men
and women,” Manning, now a director at Swan, added.
As
a result, female marines on the “Task Force Lioness” ad hoc unit accompanied
male infantry soldiers on raids and house searches.
In
Falluja in June 2005, 13 marines were killed after a suicide bomber targeted an
American convoy – 11 of the marines were female, marking the deadliest day for
American female soldiers, at the time, since the second world war.
Other
women in a variety of roles became engaged in huge firefights and killed enemy
insurgents, with some being killed and injured themselves.
In
2005, Sgt Leigh Ann Hester became the first female army soldier in US military
history to be awarded the Silver Star for her actions during a skirmish outside
Baghdad that year.
While
scanning and clearing a route for a supply convoy, Hester’s squad was attacked
by enemy insurgents. Hester directed her team andthen began fighting on foot,
killing at least three insurgents. In the end, 33 insurgents were killed or
wounded and one captured, while everyone on her unit survived.
Other
women such as Phyllis Wilson, a retired army veteran who served 37 years as a
military intelligence voice intercept operator, played crucial roles for
special operations missions.
Wilson
was first deployed to Iraq in 2006. She slept surrounded by sandbags to shield
against mortar attacks and delivered intelligence to her special operations
teams about enemy insurgents.
Wilson
also assisted with the Female Engagement Teams dealing directly with the Afghan
and Iraqi civilians in the war zone amid great danger that evolved from the ad
hoc Lioness taskforces.
“We
had to select, both psychologically and physically, the right people … We
couldn’t let these first females fail and we had to make sure … We give them
any kind of training that they needed and push them to believe that what they
could do was possible,” Wilson explained.
“We
had to also … screen out those that might not hold up under the kind of
incredible scrutiny both by so many other soldiers and by the American public
as well. You’ve got to find this amazing combination of skills and mentality
all in one little package of one human being,” she added.
“There
were only two women on these teams when they ultimately went out with the guys
so the two of them had to have each other’s back as well as all of the men that
they were supporting. But it made such a huge difference in a society and a
culture that we were trying to learn from and get information from.”
Yet
the women often ended up in combat zones with kit such as body armor tailored
for men.
“I
was protected but I … can’t get a weapon out … because the gear was not angled
right, the pockets were not right, the equipment either kept you from breathing
or it was too loose and you were sure if something comes, it’s going to hit a
soft part and kill me,” said Wilson, now president of the Virginia-based
Military Women’s Memorial.
“You
would choose, if you thought it was going to be a more worrisome situation, to
have freedom of movement as opposed to protection.”
Meanwhile,
Lourdes Tiglao, who heads the Department of Veteran Affairs’ Center for Women
Veterans, told the Guardian that she was one of few women with the air force’s
critical care air transport team in Afghanistan after 9/11.“I felt that I had
to prove myself every time that I belonged there,” said Tiglao, who was tasked
with stabilizing wounded troops as part of a three-person team that operated
portable intensive care units on transport aircraft. At 4ft11in, her body armor
came down to her thighs.
“You’re
a woman and you’re super short, and so … you feel like you can’t show any
weakness because they will look at you like, ‘If you’re going to crack under
pressure, how can we trust you with someone’s life?’” she said.
For
others like Toni Hightower, a retired major and combat veteran who served in
the army for more than 23 years, the line between displaying the hardness of a
leader and the softness of someone grieving lost colleagues was often blurred.
“Anytime
you’re in a leadership role … I wanted to go on hard, but not so hard as to not
give my soldiers … the clarity that it is OK to grieve.
“I
wanted to give them that safe space to say, ‘I’m hard as woodpecker lips, but.
… I’m hurting too, and I need you to see that’ … Not only can we be hard, we
can also be soft…we show … it’s OK to be both,” Hightower, who now works at the
Center for Women Veterans, added.
In
2013, the then defense secretary, Leon Panetta, lifted the official ban on
women serving in combat, formalizing what had become business as usual for so
many of those deployed.
Britain
signaled it would follow suit, then later phased in equality of opportunity.
Currently,
women make up 16% of the US military, with more than 100 having graduated from
the army’s rigorous Ranger School. In 2021, a female sailor became the first
woman to successfully complete the intense 37-week navy special warfare
training course.
Three
million women have served in or with the US military since the American
Revolution, according to a national digital register.
Yet
it was only last year that the army designed a “tactical bra” for its female
soldiers, which veterans say was long overdue.
To
Kara Vuic, a historian at Texas Christian University who focuses on the role of
women in military history, simply lifting a ban is not enough.
“Integration
doesn’t mean opening the door and saying, ‘Everybody’s welcome now’ … If you
want to actually integrate women into these roles, you can’t start from the
presumption that women have to integrate into a culture and a practice that has
been designed for men,” she said.
As
improvements continue to be made, albeit slowly as some critics argue, the
feminist dilemma of signing up for what can ultimately be the business of
killing and being killed in war remains.
Wilson
concluded: “As a nation, I think we’ve had to grapple with the idea that women,
given the opportunities that we now have, also means that we die, we are
gravely wounded, and we may be a prisoner of war. You can’t get equality
without the downsides as well.”
Source:
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/21/iraq-war-us-military-women
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Kuwait
considers granting expat wife citizenship after 18 years
Sakina
Fatima
20th
March 2023
Kuwait:
Kuwait is considering granting the citizenship to expat wife of a Kuwaiti after
18 years of marriage, local media reported.
In
this regard, the government of Kuwait submitted a draft law amending Article 8
of Amiri Decree No. 15/1959.
Under
the proposed amendments, an ex-pat woman who married a Kuwaiti man will not
automatically become a Kuwaiti citizen unless she declares her desire to do so
to the minister of the interior and maintains legal residency in Kuwait for a
period of 18 years from the date of marriage.
The
minister of interior may also prevent her from obtaining Kuwaiti nationality if
he deems it necessary.
As
per a report by Arab Times, if a woman’s marriage ends due to death or divorce
and she has a son or children, she can declare her desire to acquire Kuwaiti
nationality, provided she has maintained her legal and normal residence in
Kuwait and takes care of her children until one of them reaches the age of 10.
The
amendments also state that the minister of interior can grant a expat woman,
the wife of a Kuwaiti, the treatment of a Kuwaiti individual after she has
announced her desire and the marriage for a period of three years maintained.
According
to the Arabic daily Al Rai, the draft law aims to address concerns that the
current provision allows expat women married to Kuwaiti nationals to acquire
Kuwaiti citizenship only after five years of marriage without having children.
This
led to expat women obtaining Kuwaiti nationality and then divorcing them from
their Kuwaiti husbands without any ties to Kuwait.
The
proposed amendments aim to address this issue by extending the period to 18
years and requiring proof of loyalty and integration into Kuwaiti society.
Source:
Siasat Daily
https://www.siasat.com/kuwait-considers-granting-expat-wife-citizenship-after-18-years-2551000/
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