クウェート、女性の軍入隊解禁

【クウェート市ＡＦＰ＝時事】クウェート軍は１２日、女性の軍入隊を認める方針を明らかにした。（写真はクウェートの国旗）
　クウェート軍のツイッター投稿によると、ハマド・ジャビル・サバハ国防相は、女性に将校を含むさまざまな地位に就く道が開かれたと述べた。
　国営クウェート通信（ＫＵＮＡ）によると、ハマド氏は「クウェートの女性に兄弟たちと肩を並べてわが軍に入隊する機会を与える時が来た」として、女性の能力と忍耐力を信頼していると語った。
　クウェートでは２００５年に女性の参政権が認められた。女性の閣僚や国会議員が誕生したが、現在女性国会議員はいない。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/10/13-12:08）

Kuwaiti women will be allowed to enlist in the military in combat roles for the first time after years of having been restricted to civilian roles, the army said Tuesday.
Defence Minister Hamad Jaber al-Ali al-Sabah said the door had been opened for women to join various combat ranks, including as officers, the Kuwait Armed Forces tweeted.
The time has come for Kuwaiti women to be given the opportunity to enter the Kuwaiti military side by side with their brothers, the minister said in remarks carried by state news agency KUNA.
He expressed confidence in women's capabilities... and their ability to endure hardship.
Kuwaiti women earned the right to vote in 2005 and have been active both in cabinet and parliament -- though they did not gain any seats in the current parliament.
Unlike other Gulf countries, Kuwait's parliament enjoys legislative power and lawmakers have been known to challenge the government and royals.