Students_i protest against gender segregation at the University of Kuwait

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In Kuwait, a student is protesting against segregation on a gender basis in training. The government of the country has forbidden to conduct mixed classes at universities on September 13 - on the eve of the beginning of the new semester.

On the same day and. O. President Kuwait's University Fayz al-Dafiri said that the university will share students and students according to different classes. “We are working to ensure that there is no mixing in the classroom, unless this is exceptional and real necessity,” he said.

The Association of the University of Kuwaiti University demanded to stop unreasonable interference in the state’s affairs from the government. His students held a sedentary strike on September 18. They held posters with inscriptions in their hands: “We will not allow intervention from the outside in the activities of the University of Kuwait” and “The future of students of Kuwait's University is a red line.” In addition, student initiative groups collect signatures against gender segregation and prepare a lawsuit in court.

Context

• The Law on Separate Learning at Kuwait universities has been operating since 1996.

• However, by the decision of the Constitutional Court of 2015, it is not necessary to completely separate training for the implementation of the law: it is enough to allocate places for men and women in one audience.