Massouma al-Mubarak

Massouma al-Mubarak
Massouma al-Mubarak
Born 1947
Kuwait
Occupation professor of political science
Website
http://www.masouma-almubarak.com/

Massouma al-Mubarak is Kuwait's first female minister, sworn in on June 20, 2005.[1] She was Minister of Planning and Minister of State for Administrative Development. Massouma al-Mubarak was educated in the United States and is a professor of political science.[2]

Biography

Massouma went to the US for higher education in 1971. She has two master's degrees and a doctorate from the University of Denver.[3] Since 1982 she has been teaching political science at the Kuwait University.

She has been active in the field of equal rights for women and also writes a daily column for Al-Anba newspaper.[4] In 2002 she collected signatures on a petition opposing segregation by gender or abolishing coeducation in Kuwait.[5]

On 25 August 2007, Massouma resigned as Minister of Health following after a fire in a hospital in Jahra. The fire killed two patients.[6]

In the 2009 Kuwaiti parliamentary elections, she and three other women won seats to become the first women to enter the Kuwaiti parliament.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Women In Gulf Politics: A Progress Report". The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. 2005-06-28. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2334. 
  2. ^ "Kuwait's woman minister sworn-in". BBC News. 2005-06-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4111234.stm. 
  3. ^ "Person of the Week: Dr. Massouma al-Mubarak". ABC News. 2005-06-17. http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/PersonOfWeek/Story?id=859044&page=1. 
  4. ^ "Kuwait Names Woman Minister". Arab News. 2005-06-13. http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=65298&d=13&m=6&y=2005. 
  5. ^ Elias, Diana (2002-08-11). "Coeducation Nears End at Kuwait University". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2002/aug/11/news/adfg-coeds11. 
  6. ^ "Kuwait health minister resigns after hospital fire". Reuters. 2007-08-25. http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL25686840. 
  7. ^ "Kuwait votes for first female MPs". BBC. 2009-05-17. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8053088.stm. 



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