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In 2019, Saudi Arabia allowed women to travel abroad, register for divorce or marriage, and apply for official documents without the permission of a male guardian. Male guardians have duties to, and rights over, women in many aspects of civic life.
Feminism in Saudi Arabia dates back to the ancient, pre-Roman Nabataean Kingdom in which women were independent legal persons. [1] [2] Twenty-first century feminist movements in Saudi Arabia include the women to drive movement [3] [4] and the anti male-guardianship campaign. [5] Madawi al-Rasheed argued in 2019 that the Saudi feminist movement ...
A decision by the United Nations to appoint Saudi Arabia as the chair of the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women has been criticized by women’s rights advocates.
The 2018–2019 Saudi crackdown on feminists consisted of waves of arrests of women's rights activists in Saudi Arabia involved in the women to drive movement and the Saudi anti male-guardianship campaign and of their supporters during 2018 [1] and 2019. [2] The crackdown [3] [4] [5] was described in June 2018 by a United Nations special ...
Alhathloul's sister, Loujain, is a prominent women's rights activist who had led a campaign calling for lifting a longstanding ban on women driving. Saudi Arabia lifted the driving ban in 2018 ...
Saudi Arabia is a theocracy organized according to the principles of Islam, which puts emphasis on the importance of knowledge and education.In Islamic belief, obtaining knowledge is the only way to gain true understanding of life, and as such, both men and women are encouraged to study.
Basketball. In Jeddah in 2003 the first women’s basketball team in Saudi Arabia was formed by Lina Al-Maeena, [19] co-founder of the Jeddah United Sporting Company, the first sports organization that sought to include the development of female athletes in 2006. [20] Jeddah United provides an environment where males, females, children, and ...
Ameera al-Taweel. Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef al-Taweel al-Otaibi (Arabic: أميرة بنت عيدان بن نايف الطويل العصيمي العتيبي; born 6 November 1983) is a Saudi Arabian philanthropist and ex-princess. [1] Born into the Tribe of Otaibah, she became affiliated with the House of Saud after marrying al-Waleed bin ...