Kuwaiti Women's Rights

In Kuwait, a draft of the women's rights bill has been referred to Parliament after approval by the Cabinet and Emir. The Kuwaiti Parliament has 50 seats, with a simple majority need to pass legislation. The current composition is 21 Islamists, 14 "government supporters" (mainly conservative tribal leaders), three liberals, and 12 independents. Gulf News quotes sources as saying the bill is guaranteed 15 votes from Shi'ites and liberals - I'm assuming from the numbers he's using a different definition of liberal than the CIA. Also interesting is a survey conducted by the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood finding that 80% of Kuwaitis favor women's suffrage.