Women's Rights
Women in Qatar vote and may run for public office. Qatar enfranchised women at the same time as men in connection with the 1999 elections for a Central Municipal Council. These elections—the first ever in Qatar—were deliberately held on 8 March 1999, International Women’s Day.
Qatar sent women athletes to the 2012 Summer Olympics that began on 27 July in London.
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