Nourek Kanounek Media Campaign

Freedom House, the Women's Cultural and Social Society, and the United Nations Development Fund for Women launched a national media campaign in Kuwait entitled "Nourek Kanounek," or "Your Law is Your Light," designed to emphasize the importance of women understanding the laws that govern both their

and their families' lives. The campaign materials were displayed in both Arabic and English media, local cinema houses, on buses and throughout the streets in most of Kuwait's governorates. The month-long campaign occurred in March, to coincide with International Women's Day and the First Gulf Forum on Women's Rights and Family Law, which was hosted in Kuwait by Freedom House and its partners. The goal of the campaign was to raise women's level of awareness of their rights under the Kuwaiti personal status law.