Progress

Good.

Kuwait appointed a woman to its cabinet for the first time in its history on Sunday, marking another victory for women's rights activists just a month after they won the right to suffrage.

Prime Minister Sheik Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah appointed Massouma al-Mubarak as minister of planning and as minister of state for administrative development affairs, Kuwait's state news agency, KUNA, reported Sunday.

Ms. Mubarak, 54, a political science professor at Kuwait University, has been a leading advocate for women's rights in the country. {...}

Hurrah!