14 | February 2012 | woman this month Interview Progress A Woman’s Fight for For centuries, women have helped to build the societies we live in today. From the housewife to the CEO and right through to the members of parliament, every woman has made her contribution. It makes no sense, therefore, for women not to receive equal rights to their male counterparts. The Supreme Council for Women (SCW) has been working tirelessly for the last 10 years to improve women’s rights and to instill a sense of gender equality in the region. With more and more women in prominent and important roles in all fields of work, Bahraini women today are upholding a unique balance of their traditional and modern characters, participating alongside men in public dialogue and decision-making processes in the Kingdom. Created in 2001 and headed up by her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ebrahim Al Khalifa, the SCW became a new advisory body to assist the government in framing policies concerning women’s issues. Emulating famous leading feminist thinkers, such as the likes of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Antony, the council is made up of 16 head members, all women in possession of major roles in a variety of fields and from all sectors of Bahraini society.
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