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{{Short description|Kuwaiti economist, business executive and politician}}
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'''Rola Abdulla Al-Dashti''' ({{lang-ar|رولا عبدالله علي حاجيه دشتي}}, born 1964<ref name=VOA>{{cite news |first=Challiss |last=McDonough |url=http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2006-06/2006-06-28-voa53.cfm |publisher=[[Voice of America]] |title=Kuwaiti Women Appear on Political Landscape This Election |date=2006-06-28 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406001333/http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2006-06/2006-06-28-voa53.cfm? |archivedate=2008-04-06 }}</ref>) is a [[Kuwait]]i economist and business executive and former politician and minister. Dashti lobbied for the May 2005 decree permitting [[Women in Arab societies|Kuwaiti women]] to run for parliamentary elections for the first time and was one of the first female MPs elected to the [[National Assembly of Kuwait|Kuwaiti parliament]]. She subsequently served as minister of state planning and development affairs and State Assembly affairs.
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'''Rola Abdulla Dashti''' ({{lang-ar|رولا عبدالله علي حاجيه دشتي}}, born 1964<ref name=VOA>{{cite news |first=Challiss |last=McDonough |url=http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2006-06/2006-06-28-voa53.cfm |publisher=[[Voice of America]] |title=Kuwaiti Women Appear on Political Landscape This Election |date=2006-06-28 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406001333/http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2006-06/2006-06-28-voa53.cfm |archivedate=2008-04-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>) is a [[Kuwait]]i economist and business executive and former politician and minister. Dashti lobbied for the May 2005 decree permitting [[Women in Arab societies|Kuwaiti women]] to run for parliamentary elections for the first time and was one of the first female MPs elected to the [[National Assembly of Kuwait|Kuwaiti parliament]]. She subsequently served as minister of state planning and development affairs and State Assembly affairs.


==Education==
==Education==
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==Career==
==Career==
Dashti is CEO of FARO International, a financial services consultancy,<ref name=WEF>{{cite web |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/rola-dashti |title=Authors: Rola Dashti |publisher=[[World Economic Forum]] |accessdate=2017-03-15 }}</ref><ref name=Ms>{{cite news |url=http://www.msmagazine.com/june03/kuwaiti_women.asp |title=Rise Up Kuwaiti Women 2007 |newspaper=[[Ms. magazine|''Ms.'' magazine]] |date=Summer 2003 |accessdate=2017-03-15 }}</ref> and a board member of Damac Kuwaiti Holding Co.<ref name=KP/>
Dashti is CEO of FARO International, a financial services consultancy,<ref name=WEF>{{cite web |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/rola-dashti |title=Authors: Rola Dashti |publisher=[[World Economic Forum]] |accessdate=2017-03-15 }}</ref><ref name=Ms>{{cite news |url=http://www.msmagazine.com/june03/kuwaiti_women.asp |title=Rise Up Kuwaiti Women 2007 |newspaper=[[Ms. magazine]] |date=Summer 2003 |accessdate=2017-03-15 }}</ref> and a board member of Damac Kuwaiti Holding Co.<ref name=KP/>


Following the [[Iraqi invasion of Kuwait]] that took place in 1990–1991, Dashti managed emergency reconstruction contracts for the State of Kuwait<ref name=Leaders>{{cite web |url=http://www.zu.ac.ae/leadership2006/roladashti.aspx |title=Women as Global Leaders: Communities in Transition. Dr. Rola Dashti: Chairperson, Kuwait Economic Society |publisher=[[Zayed University]] |year=2006 |accessdate=2017-03-15 }}</ref> and then participated in the effort to bring about the release of Kuwaiti prisoners held by [[Iraq]].<ref name=hayatouki>{{cite news |first=Mohamed |last=Omran |url=http://hayatouki.com/portraits/content/1874039-%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A3%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9 |title=رولا عبد الله دشتي .. ناشطة اقتصادية طالبت بحقوق المرأة السياسية |newspaper=Hayatouki |date=4 April 2014 |language=Arabic }}</ref> She was the first woman elected president of the Kuwait Economic Society<ref name=kec/><ref>{{cite book |contribution=Acknowledgements |editor1-first=Barbara |editor1-last=Ibrahim |editor2-first=Dina H. |editor2-last=Sherif |title=From Charity to Social Change: Trends in Arab Philanthropy |location=Cairo |publisher=American University in Cairo |year=2008 |isbn=9781936190614 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P3ahODkMBVAC&pg=PR7 |page=viii }}</ref><ref name=Monitor>{{cite news |first= Jamie |last=Etheridge |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0519/p07s02-wome.html |title=Progress on political rights for Kuwaiti women |newspaper=[[Christian Science Monitor]] |date=2005-05-19 }}</ref> and the first woman ever elected to head a Kuwaiti professional association<ref name=Wilson>{{cite web |url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/rola-dashti-appointed-to-kuwaiti-cabinet |title=Rola Dashti appointed to Kuwaiti Cabinet |publisher=[[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars]] |date=2012-07-20 |accessdate=2017-03-14 }}</ref>
Following the [[Iraqi invasion of Kuwait]] that took place in 1990–1991, Dashti managed emergency reconstruction contracts for the State of Kuwait<ref name=Leaders>{{cite web |url=http://www.zu.ac.ae/leadership2006/roladashti.aspx |title=Women as Global Leaders: Communities in Transition. Dr. Rola Dashti: Chairperson, Kuwait Economic Society |publisher=[[Zayed University]] |year=2006 |accessdate=2017-03-15 }}</ref> and then participated in the effort to bring about the release of Kuwaiti prisoners held by [[Iraq]].<ref name=hayatouki>{{cite news |first=Mohamed |last=Omran |url=http://hayatouki.com/portraits/content/1874039-%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A3%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9 |title=رولا عبد الله دشتي .. ناشطة اقتصادية طالبت بحقوق المرأة السياسية |newspaper=Hayatouki |date=4 April 2014 |language=Arabic }}</ref> She was the first woman elected president of the Kuwait Economic Society<ref name=kec/><ref>{{cite book |contribution=Acknowledgements |editor1-first=Barbara |editor1-last=Ibrahim |editor2-first=Dina H. |editor2-last=Sherif |title=From Charity to Social Change: Trends in Arab Philanthropy |location=Cairo |publisher=American University in Cairo |year=2008 |isbn=9781936190614 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P3ahODkMBVAC&pg=PR7 |page=viii }}</ref><ref name=Monitor>{{cite news |first= Jamie |last=Etheridge |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0519/p07s02-wome.html |title=Progress on political rights for Kuwaiti women |newspaper=[[Christian Science Monitor]] |date=2005-05-19 }}</ref> and the first woman ever elected to head a Kuwaiti professional association<ref name=Wilson>{{cite web |url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/rola-dashti-appointed-to-kuwaiti-cabinet |title=Rola Dashti appointed to Kuwaiti Cabinet |publisher=[[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars]] |date=2012-07-20 |accessdate=2017-03-14 }}</ref>


Dashti lobbied for the May 2005 decree permitting Kuwaiti women to vote and to run for parliamentary election.<ref name=Ms/><ref name=kec/><ref name=Wilson/><ref name=Monitor/><ref name=Leaders/> She was one of 28 female candidates in the [[Kuwaiti parliamentary election, 2006|2006 parliamentary election]], the first open to women.<ref name=VOA/><ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.vitalvoices.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?page_id=14 |publisher=Vital Voices |title=Global Advisory Council Members |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620064643/http://www.vitalvoices.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?page_id=14 |archivedate=2009-06-20 }}</ref> In 2006 and 2008 she did not win election; in May 2009 she was one of the first four women elected to the Kuwaiti Parliament.<ref name=KP>{{cite web |url=http://www.kuwaitpolitics.org/DataPage2107.htm |title=رولا عبدالله علي حاجيه دشتي : Rola Dashti |website=Kuwait Politics.org |language=Arabic |accessdate=2017-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mofa.gov.kw/Ar/embassies/Canada/About-Kuwait/Pages/Kuwait-Woman.aspx |title=About Kuwait: The Role Woman in Kuwait |publisher=Government of Kuwait, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy of Kuwait in Canada |year=2012 |accessdate=2017-03-15 }}</ref> She ranked seventh in her political district.
Dashti lobbied for the May 2005 decree permitting Kuwaiti women to vote and to run for parliamentary election.<ref name=Ms/><ref name=Leaders/><ref name=kec/><ref name=Monitor/><ref name=Wilson/> She was one of 28 female candidates in the [[2006 Kuwaiti parliamentary election|2006 parliamentary election]], the first open to women.<ref name=VOA/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vitalvoices.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?page_id=14 |publisher=Vital Voices |title=Global Advisory Council Members |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620064643/http://www.vitalvoices.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?page_id=14 |archivedate=2009-06-20 }}</ref> In 2006 and 2008 she did not win election; in May 2009 she was one of the first four women elected to the Kuwaiti Parliament.<ref name=KP>{{cite web |url=http://www.kuwaitpolitics.org/DataPage2107.htm |title=رولا عبدالله علي حاجيه دشتي : Rola Dashti |website=Kuwait Politics.org |language=Arabic |accessdate=2017-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mofa.gov.kw/Ar/embassies/Canada/About-Kuwait/Pages/Kuwait-Woman.aspx |title=About Kuwait: The Role Woman in Kuwait |publisher=Government of Kuwait, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy of Kuwait in Canada |year=2012 |accessdate=2017-03-15 }}</ref>


In parliament, Dashti chaired the social affairs, labor, and health committee.<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Dr. Rola Dashti, Member of the Kuwaiti Parliament|publisher=[[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]]|date=2010-03-09
In parliament, Dashti chaired the social affairs, labor, and health committee.<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Dr. Rola Dashti, Member of the Kuwaiti Parliament|publisher=[[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]]|date=2010-03-09
|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/2010/03/09/interview-with-dr.-rola-dashti-member-of-kuwaiti-parliament/6bft |accessdate=2011-11-06}}</ref> In October 2011, she was also appointed to the budget committee and the committee for responding to the [[Emir of Kuwait|Emir]]'s speech.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kuwaiti parliament selects permanent, short-term cmtes |publisher=[[Kuwait News Agency]] |date=2011-10-25 |url= http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2198856&Language=en |accessdate=2011-11-06}}</ref>
|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/2010/03/09/interview-with-dr.-rola-dashti-member-of-kuwaiti-parliament/6bft |accessdate=2011-11-06}}</ref> In October 2011, she was also appointed to the budget committee and the committee for responding to the [[Emir of Kuwait|Emir]]'s speech.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kuwaiti parliament selects permanent, short-term cmtes |publisher=[[Kuwait News Agency]] |date=2011-10-25 |url= http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2198856&Language=en |accessdate=2011-11-06}}</ref>


Dashti was not reelected in 2012.<ref name=KP/> She was subsequently the only woman appointed to the new Kuwaiti cabinet, as state minister for planning and development and state minister for National Assembly affairs;<ref name=Wilson/><ref name=WEF/><ref name=Rai>{{cite news |url=http://www.alraimedia.com/ar/article/omma/2016/09/21/708972/nr/kuwait |title=بورتريه / رولا الغائبة ... عندما تمطر الذكريات «صداماً» ودموعاً ! |newspaper=[[Al Rai (Kuwaiti newspaper)|Al Rai]] |date=21 September 2016 |language=Arabic }}</ref> she was reappointed that December.<ref name=KP/>
Dashti was not reelected in 2012.<ref name=KP/> She was subsequently the only woman appointed to the new Kuwaiti cabinet, as state minister for planning and development and state minister for National Assembly affairs;<ref name=WEF/><ref name=Wilson/><ref name=Rai>{{cite news |url=http://www.alraimedia.com/ar/article/omma/2016/09/21/708972/nr/kuwait |title=بورتريه / رولا الغائبة ... عندما تمطر الذكريات "صداماً" ودموعاً ! |newspaper=[[Al Rai (Kuwaiti newspaper)|Al Rai]] |date=21 September 2016 |language=Arabic }}</ref> she was reappointed that December.<ref name=KP/>


Dashti has also served as Manager of Economics at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and as an economist for the Kuwait National Bank, and has been a consultant to the [[World Bank]]. She is on the Executive Committee of the Kuwait chapter of Young Arab Leaders.<ref name=Wilson/> She chaired the 2015–2016 [[World Economic Forum]] Global Agenda Council on the Middle East and North Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Media/AM17/Accelerating_Reforms_MENA_.pdf |title=Accelerating Economic Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa: A Private-Sector Perspective |publisher=Middle East and North Africa Regional Business Council, World Economic Forum |date=January 2017 }}</ref>
Dashti has also served as Manager of Economics at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and as an economist for the Kuwait National Bank, and has been a consultant to the [[World Bank]]. She is on the Executive Committee of the Kuwait chapter of Young Arab Leaders.<ref name=Wilson/> She chaired the 2015–2016 [[World Economic Forum]] Global Agenda Council on the Middle East and North Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Media/AM17/Accelerating_Reforms_MENA_.pdf |title=Accelerating Economic Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa: A Private-Sector Perspective |publisher=Middle East and North Africa Regional Business Council, World Economic Forum |date=January 2017 }}</ref>


==Honors==
==Honors==
In 2005, Dashti won The [[Hussein of Jordan|King Hussein]] Humanitarian Award.<ref name=kec>{{cite web |url=http://www.kesoc.org/kes/bod/ |publisher=Kuwait Economic Society |title=About Board of Directors |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620062348/http://www.kesoc.org/kes/bod/ |archivedate=2009-06-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kinghusseinfoundation.org/index.php?pager=end&task=view&type=content&pageid=30|title=King Hussein Leadership Prize|publisher=King Hussein Foundation}}</ref> She was listed by ''[[Arabian Business]]'' among their 100 most influential Arabs for 2007<ref>[http://www.arabianbusiness.com/100-most-powerful-arabs-2007-147830.html Power 100, The World's Most Influential Arabs, Rank List 2007 - ArabianBusiness.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and 2008.<ref>[http://www.arabianbusiness.com/power100/profile/524?clr=2 Power 100, The World's Most Influential Arabs, Rank List 2008 - ArabianBusiness.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>{{dead link|date=March 2017}}
In 2005, Dashti won The [[Hussein of Jordan|King Hussein]] Humanitarian Award.<ref name=kec>{{cite web |url=http://www.kesoc.org/kes/bod/ |publisher=Kuwait Economic Society |title=About Board of Directors |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620062348/http://www.kesoc.org/kes/bod/ |archivedate=2009-06-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kinghusseinfoundation.org/index.php?pager=end&task=view&type=content&pageid=30|title=King Hussein Leadership Prize|publisher=King Hussein Foundation}}</ref> She was listed by ''[[Arabian Business]]'' among their 100 most influential Arabs for 2007<ref>[http://www.arabianbusiness.com/100-most-powerful-arabs-2007-147830.html Power 100, The World's Most Influential Arabs, Rank List 2007 - ArabianBusiness.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and 2008.<ref>[http://www.arabianbusiness.com/power100/profile/524?clr=2 Power 100, The World's Most Influential Arabs, Rank List 2008 - ArabianBusiness.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506044123/http://www.arabianbusiness.com/power100/profile/524?clr=2 |date=2008-05-06 }}</ref>


In 2010 she won the [[North–South Prize]] alongside [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/nscentre/winners_nsp_EN.asp |title=The North South Prize of the Council of Europe |publisher=[[North-South Centre]], [[Council of Europe]] |year=2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711231824/http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/nscentre/winners_nsp_EN.asp |archivedate=2014-07-11 }}</ref>
In 2010, she won the [[North–South Prize]] alongside [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/nscentre/winners_nsp_EN.asp |title=The North South Prize of the Council of Europe |publisher=[[North-South Centre]], [[Council of Europe]] |year=2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711231824/http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/nscentre/winners_nsp_EN.asp |archivedate=2014-07-11 }}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Dashti is from a [[Shia Islam|Shi'ite Muslim]] family and has 23 siblings.<ref name=VOA/> Her father, Abdullah Ali Dashti, also served in the Kuwaiti parliament;<ref name=VOA/> her mother is [[Lebanon|Lebanese]].<ref name=hayatouki/><ref name=Rai/>
Dashti is from a [[Shia Islam|Shi'ite Muslim]] family of [['Ajam of Kuwait|Iranian ancestry]] and has 23 siblings.<ref name=VOA/> Her father, Abdullah Ali Dashti, also served in the Kuwaiti parliament;<ref name=VOA/> her mother is [[Lebanon|Lebanese]].<ref name=hayatouki/><ref name=Rai/>


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*{{cite book |first=Joshua |last=Muravchik |authorlink=Joshua Muravchik |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P-0OJqaeDsUC&q=rola#v=snippet&q=The%20Feminist%20Kuwait%20Rola%20Dashti&f=false |title=The Next Founders: Voices of Democracy in the Middle East |location=New York |publisher=Encounter |year=2009 |isbn=9781594032325 |contribution=The Feminist. Kuwait: Rola Dashti |pages=249–84 }}
*{{cite book |first=Joshua |last=Muravchik |authorlink=Joshua Muravchik |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P-0OJqaeDsUC&q=The+Feminist+Kuwait+Rola+Dashti |title=The Next Founders: Voices of Democracy in the Middle East |location=New York |publisher=Encounter |year=2009 |isbn=9781594032325 |contribution=The Feminist. Kuwait: Rola Dashti |pages=249–84 }}
* {{cite journal |first=Mary Ann |last=Tétreault |title=Advice and Dissent in Kuwait |journal=Middle East Report |volume=226 |date=Spring 2003 |pages=36–39 |doi=10.2307/1559281
* {{cite journal |first=Mary Ann |last=Tétreault |title=Advice and Dissent in Kuwait |journal=Middle East Report |volume=226 |date=Spring 2003 |issue=226 |pages=36–39 |doi=10.2307/1559281
|jstor=1559281 }}
|jstor=1559281 }}
*{{cite journal |first1= Mary Ann |last1=Tétreault |first2=Katherine |last2=Meyer |first3=Helen |last3=Rizzo |title=Women's Rights in the Middle East: A Longitudinal Study of Kuwait |journal=International Political Sociology |volume=3 |issue=2 |year=2009 |pages=18–237 |doi=10.1111/j.1749-5687.2009.00072.x }}
*{{cite journal |first1= Mary Ann |last1=Tétreault |first2=Katherine |last2=Meyer |first3=Helen |last3=Rizzo |title=Women's Rights in the Middle East: A Longitudinal Study of Kuwait |journal=International Political Sociology |volume=3 |issue=2 |year=2009 |pages=18–237 |doi=10.1111/j.1749-5687.2009.00072.x }}
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.mideastliberty.org/tabid/314/AuthorID/140/Default.aspx Center for Liberty in the Middle East]
* [http://www.mideastliberty.org/tabid/314/AuthorID/140/Default.aspx Center for Liberty in the Middle East]

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Rola Dashti
رولا عبدالله علي حاجيه دشتي
Born
Rola Abdulla Dashti

1964
NationalityKuwaiti
Alma materCalifornia State University, Chico, California State University, Sacramento, Johns Hopkins University
Occupation(s)Academic, economist, business executive and former politician and minister

Rola Abdulla Dashti (Arabic: رولا عبدالله علي حاجيه دشتي, born 1964[1]) is a Kuwaiti economist and business executive and former politician and minister. Dashti lobbied for the May 2005 decree permitting Kuwaiti women to run for parliamentary elections for the first time and was one of the first female MPs elected to the Kuwaiti parliament. She subsequently served as minister of state planning and development affairs and State Assembly affairs.

Education[edit]

Dashti earned a bachelor's degree from California State University, Chico in 1984, a master's degree from California State University, Sacramento in 1985, and a Ph.D. in population dynamics from Johns Hopkins University in 1993, with a dissertation on the dynamics of teacher supply in Kuwait.[2]

Career[edit]

Dashti is CEO of FARO International, a financial services consultancy,[3][4] and a board member of Damac Kuwaiti Holding Co.[5]

Following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait that took place in 1990–1991, Dashti managed emergency reconstruction contracts for the State of Kuwait[6] and then participated in the effort to bring about the release of Kuwaiti prisoners held by Iraq.[7] She was the first woman elected president of the Kuwait Economic Society[8][9][10] and the first woman ever elected to head a Kuwaiti professional association[11]

Dashti lobbied for the May 2005 decree permitting Kuwaiti women to vote and to run for parliamentary election.[4][6][8][10][11] She was one of 28 female candidates in the 2006 parliamentary election, the first open to women.[1][12] In 2006 and 2008 she did not win election; in May 2009 she was one of the first four women elected to the Kuwaiti Parliament.[5][13]

In parliament, Dashti chaired the social affairs, labor, and health committee.[14] In October 2011, she was also appointed to the budget committee and the committee for responding to the Emir's speech.[15]

Dashti was not reelected in 2012.[5] She was subsequently the only woman appointed to the new Kuwaiti cabinet, as state minister for planning and development and state minister for National Assembly affairs;[3][11][16] she was reappointed that December.[5]

Dashti has also served as Manager of Economics at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and as an economist for the Kuwait National Bank, and has been a consultant to the World Bank. She is on the Executive Committee of the Kuwait chapter of Young Arab Leaders.[11] She chaired the 2015–2016 World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the Middle East and North Africa.[17]

Honors[edit]

In 2005, Dashti won The King Hussein Humanitarian Award.[8][18] She was listed by Arabian Business among their 100 most influential Arabs for 2007[19] and 2008.[20]

In 2010, she won the North–South Prize alongside Mikhail Gorbachev.[21]

Personal life[edit]

Dashti is from a Shi'ite Muslim family of Iranian ancestry and has 23 siblings.[1] Her father, Abdullah Ali Dashti, also served in the Kuwaiti parliament;[1] her mother is Lebanese.[7][16]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d McDonough, Challiss (2006-06-28). "Kuwaiti Women Appear on Political Landscape This Election". Voice of America. Archived from the original on 2008-04-06.
  2. ^ 1993 Commencement, Johns Hopkins University, p. 86.
  3. ^ a b "Authors: Rola Dashti". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  4. ^ a b "Rise Up Kuwaiti Women 2007". Ms. magazine. Summer 2003. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
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