... quota of a compulsory sixty-four women MPs in the Egyptian Parliament. Consequently, the number of female MPs dropped to nine as a result of the 2011–12 elections. Similarly, in Iraq, the transitional phase to democracy increased, rather than decreased, the prevalence of gender inequality ( Shlash 2009...

...Abdullah K. Alshayji This article discusses the composition of the new 2009 Parliament in Kuwait and compares changes in its composition with the outgoing one, dealing with factors which contributed to the historic victory of women and the demise of the organized political blocs. It traces Kuwait's...