Laila Zaid Al-Rashed (R), lawyer and candidate for the upcoming Kuwaiti parliamentary elections, and.....
Laila Zaid Al-Rashed (R), lawyer and candidate for the upcoming Kuwaiti parliamentary elections, and her husband Hafeed Al-Ajmi consult a registered voters list at her home in Um Al hayman, some 60 km (37 miles) south of Kuwait City June 22, 2006. Thirty-two women will be among 402 parliamentary candidates standing for election in Kuwait on June 29, the first time in the history of the Gulf Arab state that women will be allowed to seek office.