For her part, HE Director of the Center for Muslim Contributions to Civilization at Hamad Bin Khalifa University Dr. Aisha bint Youssef Al Mannai, who is also a former member of the Shura Council and the Arab Parliament, affirmed that the participation of Qatari women in legislation, decision-making and monitoring government performance through elected councils is a great gain. She pointed out that Qatari women have achieved many things in all fields, stressing that their participation is always effective and influential, whether in nominating themselves or in electing whoever they deem appropriate.
HE Dr. Al Mannai stressed that no parliamentary experience can be fully successful without the presence and participation of women, as is the case with every matter (private or public) given it is an essential element that cannot be overlooked, just like the man, noting that state institutions pay attention to the recommendations of the elected councils, and cooperate ideally with the members, and this is important for the work and success of those councils, which provide advice in their recommendations on what they see in the eyes of the people and the reality in which they live.
HE Dr. Al Mannai called on Qatari women to seize the opportunity always available to them to use the right to run for candidacy. If she finds within herself the ability to enter the Municipal Council or the Shura Council, then if she does not wish, then she must and has the right not to leave electing whoever she deems appropriate for that membership, who will represent the constituency to which she belongs, in order to consolidate the foundations adopted by the constitution, especially since the state has provided all the facilities and guarantees that It would facilitate and conduct the electoral process without hardship and effort.
Source: Qatar News Agency