Women in Kuwait

One unexpected statistic that I ran across about Kuwait was the female to male ratio. "It is 1.57 males for every female and that the literacy rate among women is 77.50%." Kuwaiti Info-Office ( 2004,Para) I think that is high to what I thought a Muslim Country would be in the Middle East in both cases. The men out numbering the women and the women in such a violent region life expectancy being 78.2 years didn't add up in my mind. Then I thought about more after I read more about Kuwait and how they are not a violent country and then the numbers made more since. Then I also read, "providing equal opportunity in the education of Kuwaiti females has been an important factor in liberalizing women traditional roles in Kuwait. Kuwaiti women are guaranteed a free public education through the university level as well as free health care." (Kuwaiti info office, 2004)

Amiri (Crown Prince) has made Decrees in this century forward from women suffrage to economic liberation. This peaceful climate was nothing like the Jihad against women and their rebelling express buy these words "We reject the reprobate! His God we repudiate! His religion we loathe and hate!" ( C Brooks, 1995). Now that we have some insight on Kuwaiti women lets look at Kuwait itself.

The country of Kuwait located at the head of the Arabian Gulf sets between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Kuwait has a population of 2,274 million. There are 798,200 Kuwait nationals included. The majority of this population has visas to work in Kuwait. Kuwait is only 17,820 square kilometers in size. The country is small compared to its neighbors. As for the weather in Kuwait it is hot and dry with temperatures between 110 and 120 degrees with high humidity in August. Winters are short and somewhat cool and spring is pleasant.

Many Kuwaitis are Sunni Muslims, 25%. By law people can practice Islam and Christianity in Kuwait, but they can't be citizens if they don't practice Islam. The country has no political parties. In recent History Sheik Jabber A-Ahmed Al-Sabah addressed as "His Highness" (CQ Press, 1979-Quarterly).