Rola Dashti
Rola Dashti | |
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رولا عبدالله علي حاجيه دشتي | |
Born | Rola Abdulla Dashti 1964 |
Nationality | Kuwaiti |
Alma mater | California State University, Chico, California State University, Sacramento, Johns Hopkins University |
Occupation(s) | Academic, economist, business executive and former politician and minister |
Rola Abdulla Dashti (
Education
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
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.
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
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
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 1993 Commencement, Johns Hopkins University, p. 86.
- ^ a b "Authors: Rola Dashti". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
- ^ Ms. magazine. Summer 2003. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
- ^ a b c d "رولا عبدالله علي حاجيه دشتي : Rola Dashti". Kuwait Politics.org (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-03-15.
- ^ a b "Women as Global Leaders: Communities in Transition. Dr. Rola Dashti: Chairperson, Kuwait Economic Society". Zayed University. 2006. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
- ^ a b Omran, Mohamed (4 April 2014). "رولا عبد الله دشتي .. ناشطة اقتصادية طالبت بحقوق المرأة السياسية". Hayatouki (in Arabic).
- ^ a b c "About Board of Directors". Kuwait Economic Society. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20.
- ISBN 9781936190614.
- ^ Christian Science Monitor.
- ^ a b c d "Rola Dashti appointed to Kuwaiti Cabinet". Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
- ^ "Global Advisory Council Members". Vital Voices. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20.
- ^ "About Kuwait: The Role Woman in Kuwait". Government of Kuwait, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy of Kuwait in Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
- ^ "Interview with Dr. Rola Dashti, Member of the Kuwaiti Parliament". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 2010-03-09. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ^ "Kuwaiti parliament selects permanent, short-term cmtes". Kuwait News Agency. 2011-10-25. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ^ a b "بورتريه / رولا الغائبة ... عندما تمطر الذكريات "صداماً" ودموعاً !". Al Rai (in Arabic). 21 September 2016.
- ^ "Accelerating Economic Reforms in the Middle East and North Africa: A Private-Sector Perspective" (PDF). Middle East and North Africa Regional Business Council, World Economic Forum. January 2017.
- ^ "King Hussein Leadership Prize". King Hussein Foundation.
- ^ Power 100, The World's Most Influential Arabs, Rank List 2007 - ArabianBusiness.com
- ^ Power 100, The World's Most Influential Arabs, Rank List 2008 - ArabianBusiness.com Archived 2008-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
- North-South Centre, Council of Europe. 2014. Archived from the originalon 2014-07-11.
Further reading
- ISBN 9781594032325.
- Tétreault, Mary Ann (Spring 2003). "Advice and Dissent in Kuwait". Middle East Report. 226 (226): 36–39. JSTOR 1559281.
- Tétreault, Mary Ann; Meyer, Katherine; Rizzo, Helen (2009). "Women's Rights in the Middle East: A Longitudinal Study of Kuwait". International Political Sociology. 3 (2): 18–237. .