Woman elected to Oman’s Majlis Al-Shura


Issue 911 - 29 Oct 2011 | 2 minute read

Nema Al-Busaidi (Seeb) was the only one of 77 female candidates elected to the Majlis Al-Shura in the October elections.  The government may well be disappointed, but it is an improvement on 2007, when 20 women stood but were unsuccessful. 

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