Kuwait grants women right to get passports without consent of husbands, guardians.
Kuwait has granted the country’s women the right to obtain passports without the consent of their husbands or guardians, in a move applauded by a female lawmaker as “a victory for the constitution.”
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday issued a ruling, abolishing an article in the 1962 passports law that asked women to get the approval of their husbands or guardians before applying for passports, local daily Kuwait Times reported Wednesday.
The ruling said the article breaches a number of regulations in the constitution that guarantee personal freedom.
Female lawmaker Aseel Al-Awadhi said the ruling has eliminated injustice against women and was a victory for the constitution in the Gulf Arab emirate.
The Arab News reports that the ruling was prompted by the case of a Kuwaiti mother whose husband refused to allow her and her children a passport to prevent them from leaving the country.
