If Being a major and effective party to the generation-creating process, Kuwaiti women have always maintained a special position in the community. They perform a significant role in the framework of family, as they constitute the basic texture of the society. In order to enhance the frameworks of cooperation and communication between the Kuwaiti women and their Arab and international counterparts, the Council of Ministers, at its meeting No. 37/2001, held on 14 October 2001, issued a resolution approving State of Kuwait's participation in the Exceptional Arab Women Conference held in Cairo during November 2001. Kuwait's delegation to the conference was presided over by Sheikha Lateefa Al-Fahad Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Spouse of HH The Deputy Amir and Crown Prince.

On 30 June 2002, the Council of Ministers, at its meeting No. 24/2002, issued the resolution No. 634 approving – in principle – the establishment of Women Affairs Committee. In July 2003, the committee's administrative organization was issued. Thus, the institutional structure of the committee had been set for proceeding on its expansive activity, and had become ready to achieve the committee's objectives.