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• Click [https://www.equaldex.com/region/bahrain here] to learn about LGBTQ rights and laws in Bahrain. As of May 2018, homosexuality is a grey area (i.e. not clearly legal or illegal) and it is legal to change gender. However, homosexual marriage is illegal, and there are no laws to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination related to housing or employment. Conversion therapy is also legal in Bahrain, but we don't know to what extent, if any, it is practiced. | • Click [https://www.equaldex.com/region/bahrain here] to learn about LGBTQ rights and laws in Bahrain. As of May 2018, homosexuality is a grey area (i.e. not clearly legal or illegal) and it is legal to change gender. However, homosexual marriage is illegal, and there are no laws to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination related to housing or employment. Conversion therapy is also legal in Bahrain, but we don't know to what extent, if any, it is practiced. | ||
* [http://www.scw.bh/en/Pages/default.aspx Supreme Council for Women]: "The Supreme Council for Women was established on 22nd August 2001 upon Amiri order No. 44 which was amended by the Amiri Orders No. 55 in 2001, No. 2 in 2002, and the Royal Decree No. 36 in 2004... The Supreme Council for Women is to be established and directly affiliated to His Majesty the King. It is considered the reference for all official bodies in regards to women affairs and its headquarters is to be in Riffa." | |||
* [http://en.bahrainws.org/ Bahrain Women Association]: Call: +973 1724 6471. Email: info@bahrainws.org | |||
* [http://www.bahrainbusinesswomen.com/ Bahrain Business Women Society]: "Bahrain Businesswomen’s Society was founded by 16 Bahraini business women." Address: Building: 112, Road: 333, Block: 332, Mahooz, Kingdom of Bahrain. Phone: +973 17721188. Fax: +973 17721116. Email:info@bahrainbusinesswomen.com | |||
* [http://awabahrain.org/ American Women Association]: "The American Women’s Association (Bahrain) is a non-profit organization founded to further relations among all women residing in Bahrain and to promote Bahraini and International friendship." Registered 1974 - 2015. No. 19/C/RXW, P.O. Box 26135, Manama, Bahrain. Phone: +973 3888 4924. Email: info@awabahrain.org | |||
* [https://www.womenscci.org/ Women's Crisis Care International]: "Women's Crisis Care International is the first and only violence crisis response center in the Arabian Gulf. WCCI provides violence crisis response services for victims of domestic and sexual abuse in Bahrain. Call 3844 7588 for 24 hour support in English. You can also visit us at our official partner, American Mission Hospital, in Manama, Saar, or Amwaj. All services are 100% confidential and free of charge. All women are welcome." English helpline: 38447588 .. الخط الساخن العربي: 66710901 | |||
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