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KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's cabinet approved a draft law
Sunday allowing women to vote and run in parliamentary polls, moving
them a step closer to full political rights they have sought for
decades in the conservative Gulf Arab state. The draft needs
parliament's approval to pass into law. A decree issued by Emir Sheikh
Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah giving women the vote was narrowly defeated in
the 50-man house in 1999 by an alliance of Islamist and conservative
tribal MPs. Kuwaiti women have been fighting for suffrage for more than
40 years, only to be blocked by Islamists and male politicians. "The
council (of ministers) decided to approve the draft law and transfer it
to the Emir, God protect him, in order to transfer it to the National
Assembly," a cabinet statement said.

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