Need to create space for women in political and professional arenas?

wondering if male bigotry will always be prevalent and standing in their way to independence.

But it is not just independence that is at stake for them but their legitimacy as citizens to make changes and ensure their voices are heard.

The harshest truth for them is that they know where they stand as of now. Their battle is not even half way but they know they are going to be in it for quite a long time until they get the recognition they deserve.

Perhaps their legitimacy mainly hinges on the new generation which is much more educated than their parents and has more fire in them to make themselves heard.

Perhaps the older generation of the 80s gave up too soon because they blamed the men for blocking their way to the top. Young women of today do not choose that path. They don’t even collide head on with men. Instead, they rely on their resources to prove they are worth the top jobs on their own merit.

However, it will not be smooth sailing even now for the new generation. Indeed, they have honed their ways of getting there, though they are having to chart the same stormy waters but are using a more resilient vessel to get to the other side.

With the new momentum gathering pace, women would like to send a message that men’s dominance in the political and professional arenas will soon be over for good.

That will pave the way for a true equal opportunity society in the Sultanate.

Women have repeatedly asked for a quota that would assure them a fixed number of representatives in the Shura but that has not happened yet