Kuwait's justice minister Nayef Al Ajami has reportedly been given a week's time to either pull out a newspaper advertisement, inviting only men for a position within the ministry, or face questioning.
MP Safa Al Hashem said that the minister will be interrogated for failing to abide by a strict government ban on discrimination on the basis of gender in recruiting employees.
According to Gulf News, a recruitment advertisement was published this week in local media, specifically inviting applications from only Kuwaiti men, to apply for the position of legal researcher within the ministry.
The lawmaker said that the minister has obviously disregarded the no-discrimination decision of the Civil Service endorsed by the government in 2005 when he approved the advertisement.
She said that it was an absolute violation of the Kuwaiti constitution and of the rights of Kuwaiti citizens, adding that while earlier she had warned him against it, this time she will go for a grilling in parliament.
