Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain launched a new report entitled "Women's rights in Bahrain... Postponed dreams". The report says that the Supreme Council for Women is an official platform for whitewashing violations against Bahraini women.

"December 1 marks Bahraini Women's Day, as called for by the Supreme Council for Women, which is chaired by the King of Bahrain's wife, Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa. This day is celebrated by government institutions based on official instructions," the Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Royal Order 59/2019, appointing the members of the Supreme Council for Women (SCW) in its seventh session. It was remarkable that one third of the appointed were females from the ruling Al Khalifa family.

The authorities arrested Zainab Maki Abbas Marhoum from the court's room on (January 15, 2019) to spend the remaining one year of her sentence.

Fawzia Zeinal, backed by the Royal Court and the Supreme Council for Women, won the post of Speaker of the Bahraini House of Representatives after winning the election over her rivals Adel Al-Assoumi and Issa Al-Kooheji, to become the first Bahraini woman to preside over the House.