Dispelling Stereotypes: Women's Rights in the Gulf States

Speakers: Lulu al-Sabah, Abolish Article 153; Hatoon al-Fassi, Qatar University Chair: Courtney Freer, LSE Kuwait Programme A great deal of misinformation exists about women's rights in the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). In an effort to dispel outdated notions of women's places in such societies, top experts from the Gulf states will speak about the extent to which women today in the GCC face legal restrictions in everyday life and how women in the region are endeavouring to change the status quo. Recorded on 22 March 2017. This is an LSE Kuwait Programme event.