Kuwait - A woman civil servant at Kuwait's higher education ministry has been given some ministerial duties even though the country's all-male parliament last month twice rejected granting full political rights to women.
The official Kuwait News Agency reported that the Education and Higher Education Minister, Mr Youssef al-Ibrahim, a liberal, had assigned some ministerial functions to Ms Rasha al-Sabah, who holds the post of undersecretary. Her new powers include making some appointments at the ministry and deciding some salaries.
