Arab Women’s Day: Bahraini women at center of nation-building efforts | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

Arab Women’s Day: Bahraini women at center of nation-building efforts | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

Bahrain celebrates today the Arab Women’s Day amid national pride in the achievements that have enhanced Bahrain’s respect of women’s rights and boosted their active role in the progress and prosperity of the nation under the leadership of HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and the support of HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister. Bahraini women, thanks to the unlimited support of HM the King, the government policies, and the initiatives of the Supreme Council for Women headed by Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, wife of His Majesty the King, have been able to confirm their status as dependable partners in the nation-building process and sustainable development. Bahrain, under the follow-up of the Supreme Council for Women and in partnership between the executive, legislative and judicial authorities, has approved more than 150 royal orders, laws, legislative amendments, ministerial decisions and circulars during the last two decades. This legal support vastly contributed to the protection and promotion of women’s rights. It includes, most notably, Family Law 19 of 2017, Law 17 of 2015 concerning Protection against Domestic Violence, and other developed legislation in accordance with the constitution and international