Kuwaiti female voters await their turn to vote during the 2012 parliamentary elections at a polling center in Rumaithiya, part of Kuwait's 1st constituency area, February 2, 2012. Kuwaitis headed to the polls on Thursday for the fourth time in six years in a snap parliamentary election in which opposition candidates expect to expand their influence and push for change in the oil-exporting Gulf Arab state. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee (KUWAIT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)

A Kuwaiti female voter (L) in a wheelchair is approached by campaigners during the 2012 parliamentary elections in front of a polling center in Rumaithiya, part of Kuwait's 1st constituency area, February 2, 2012. Kuwaitis headed to the polls on Thursday for the fourth time in six years in a snap parliamentary election in which opposition candidates expect to expand their influence and push for change in the oil-exporting Gulf Arab state. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee (KUWAIT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)

A Kuwaiti female voter sits in her wheelchair as she votes during the 2012 parliamentary elections at a polling center in Rumaithiya, part of Kuwait's 1st constituency area, February 2, 2012. Kuwaitis headed to the polls on Thursday for the fourth time in six years in a snap parliamentary election in which opposition candidates expect to expand their influence and push for change in the oil-exporting Gulf Arab state. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee (KUWAIT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)

Newly elected member of Parliament Massouma Al-Mubarak smiles in Rumaithiya May 17, 2009. Al-Mobarak is one of four women to win seats in the parliamentary elections held May 16. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee (KUWAIT POLITICS ELECTIONS)

Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah (2ndL) and Interior Minister Jaber Khaled al-Sabah (2ndR) leave a female polling centre in Rumaithiya, May 17, 2008. Kuwaitis voted in a parliamentary election on Saturday that they hoped would bring in fresh faces able to revive economic reforms to wean the country off its dependence on oil. Some 275 candidates are running for the 50-seat National Assembly, among them 27 women hoping for their first success after failing to win a single seat in 2006. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee (KUWAIT)

Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah (C) and Interior Minister Sheikh Jaber Khaled al-Sabah (L) visit a female polling centre in Rumaithiya, May 17, 2008. Kuwaitis voted in a parliamentary election on Saturday that they hoped would bring in fresh faces able to revive economic reforms to wean the country off its dependence on oil. Some 275 candidates are running for the 50-seat National Assembly, among them 27 women hoping for their first success after failing to win a single seat in 2006. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee (KUWAIT)