CURRENT AFFAIRS

2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Recently Qatar has appointed women to one of its most important consultative bodies, the Shura Council, for the first time in the country’s history. How many were appointed?
A
Five
B
Three
C
Four
D
Two
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Consultative Assembly (Arabic: , romanized: Majlis as-Shura; also known as the Shura Council) is the legislative body of the State of Qatar, with 45 members.

Detailed explanation-2: -Women in Qatar Sex outside of marriage is banned and Qatari women can only marry with the permission of a male guardian. This controversial system of male guardianship also shapes women’s ability to study, drive and travel.

Detailed explanation-3: -Women’s rights in Qatar are restricted by the country’s male guardianship law-currently the only remaining country in the Gulf region with such laws-and influenced by the Wahhabi interpretation of Islam. Both women and men were enfranchised in the country at the same time, in 1999.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some 51% of women have a job in Qatar, mostly in the public sector. They are also the majority in universities. However, they earn far less than men for doing the same jobs. Qatari women are able to study abroad, but they require their male guardian’s permission to do so.

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