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Women's rights in Saudi Arabia is a topic of international concern and controversy. Women in Saudi Arabia experience widespread discrimination in Saudi politics, economy and society. Saudi women have benefited from some legal reforms since 2017, [7] [8] [9] [10] after facing fundamentalist Sahwa dominance for decades.
25 sie 2021 · Saudi Arabia remains in the ten lowest-ranked countries on the World Economic Forum’s 2021 Global Gender Gap report. Several women’s rights activists have been imprisoned in recent years,...
19 kwi 2023 · Permission to study, drive, travel and work without permission from a male guardian: Saudi women have acquired many freedoms in recent years, even if the kingdom remains a very conservative...
9 gru 2021 · Women say Saudi Arabia has advanced significantly in just the past year, with more choices regarding work, fashion (including colored abayas) and social spaces, but restrictions remain everywhere.
2 sie 2019 · Recent advances in women’s rights in Saudi Arabia have been accompanied by an intensified crackdown on dissidents, human rights activists, and independent clerics.
Saudi women’s rights activists long campaigned for a codified Personal Status Law that would end discrimination against women. However, the authorities provided them with no opportunity to...
28 mar 2024 · Saudi Arabia won an uncontested bid to lead a United Nations body dedicated to women’s rights for the 2025 session, bringing condemnation from human rights groups that argued that the kingdom...
