With this election, Kuwaiti women participated in choosing the parliament for the first time. Though women have long been active in Kuwaiti public life, they were enfranchised only last year, after a long and difficult campaign, by a parliamentary vote, and accounted for just 28 of the 249 candidates.
通过此次选举，科威特妇女首次参加了议会选举。尽管妇女长久以来活跃在科威特的公众生活，但是经过长期艰苦的努力，直到去年才通过议会的投票表决才获得了选举权，249名候选人中女性只有28名。