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Women of Bahrain Bahrain is a small Arab island stuck in the body of water between Iran and Saudi Arabia with a population of almost 800,000 people and only about 42 percent of them are female. In 2006, Bahrain elected the first Arab woman to represent them at the head of the United Nations General Assembly; this only four years after women received the right to vote. While the king, Prime Minister, and most of the government are men, one of the most influential women’s groups pushing government decisions and trying to gain more power, rights, and equality for women in the country is led by the king’s wife. Yet despite all of this, women in Bahrain still endure multiple injustices on a daily basis and currently only have marginal ability to change their status. Bahrain is a country split partially by religion. While the majority of the country (83 percent) is Islamic; this significant portion is split into the two major sects of the religion: Shia (Shi’ite) and Sunni, with Sunni being the majority of the Islamic peoples. This division, as it does in many countries, causes multiple problems in Bahrain with everything from laws to social perceptions and household operations concerning women.
While divorce is technically legal for either a wife or husband to pursue, under the Shia courts it is very difficult for a wife to actually receive one. If a man wants a divorce in this system then he will probably receive it, however, a woman wanting one has prove there are “special circumstances” and even then it is unlikely that she will receive the divorce (Giuliano 1). The next issue comes once a divorce is granted to either party. The laws dictating who receives custody over any children and who receives property rights are both very biased towards the husband. The view of the courts, both Shia and Sunni is that women are subservient to men

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