Saudi Arabia: Driving rights for women are a major step back – Photos
Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council has voted against a proposal to study the issue of women’s driving. An unnamed member of the advisory council told AFP…
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Saudi petition seeks ‘full’ rights for women
Thousands of Saudis have signed a petition urging an end to the guardianship system that gives men control over the study, marriage and travel of…
Saudi women push open door to legal profession
Change comes slowly in the patriarchal and religiously conservative society of Saudi Arabia. Yet women in the Saudi legal profession have achieved a phenomenal transformation…
Saudi male guardianship. No more women rights
For several weeks now, Saudi women have been tweeting hundreds of thousands of messages denouncing the practice of male guardianship. Guardianship grants full legal control…
Saudi woman, 20, granted khula after being forced to smoke hashish
The Family Court in Jeddah issued a divorce (khula) ruling in favor of a Saudi woman in her 20s, after her husband, in his fifties,…
Father caged a young British woman in Saudi Arabia because of one kiss
A young Briton who accused her father of keeping her ‘caged’ in Saudi Arabia for kissing a boy has ended her bid for freedom – but a judge has…
Saudi woman hit by stray bullet from a celebratory fire
A Saudi woman is fighting for her life after she was struck by a stray bullet from a celebratory fire. The victim, in her 40s,…
Saudi Arabia: Male Guardianship Boxes Women In – video
Saudi Arabia’s male guardianship system remains the most significant impediment to women’s rights in the country despite limited reforms over the last decade, Human Rights…
Here’s Some Good News For Saudi Women Tired Of Sexist Travel Laws
All Saudi women require male permission to travel out of the country – whether they are single or married – and they must be accompanied…