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Saudi Arabia allows women into stadium as it steps up reforms ... » Sep 23, 2017 ...Mixed audience permitted for the first time as national day festivities promote patriotic pride and aim to open up society. Theguardian.com

Saudi Arabia becomes first country to grant a robot citizenship – and ... » Oct 28, 2017 ...A robot has been granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia and it appears to already have more rights than the country's women. ...Under the Middle Eastern country's male guardianship system, every woman must have a male guardian, a husband or relative, who has the authority to make a range of critical... Independent.co.uk

Saudi Arabia Resists Independent Inquiry on Yemen Atrocities - The ... » Sep 26, 2017 ...Renewed efforts to set up a U.N.-backed commission of inquiry on Yemen rights abuses is called “premature” by Saudi Arabia, a party to the conflict. Nytimes.com

Women's rights in Saudi Arabia? There's an app for that » Jul 31, 2017 ...Women's rights in Saudi Arabia have always been a contentious issue. Women have only recently won a limited right to vote, they can't work close to men and the debate over whether they should be allowed to drive has gone on for years. The World Economic Forum in its 2016 report on the global gender... Latimes.com

Saudi women driving reform hope this is just the beginning ... » Sep 30, 2017 ...When news broke on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia had announced it would finally allow women to drive, I thought of Fawziah al-Bakr. A Saudi university professor, she was one of 47 women who took part in the kingdom's first protest against the driving ban in 1990. Their act of protest was a simple one: they... Independent.ie

Saudi Arabia elected to UN women's rights commission | The ... » Apr 24, 2017 ...Saudi Arabia has been elected to the UN women's rights commission, prompting outrage from human rights groups. The kingdom is now one of 45 countries sitting on a panel “promoting women's rights, documenting the reality of women's lives throughout the world, and shaping global standards on gender... Independent.co.uk

Saudi Arabia to allow women into sports stadiums - BBC News » Oct 29, 2017 ...Saudi Arabia will allow women to attend sports events in stadiums for the first time from next year, officials say. ...The kingdom faced a backlash from conservatives on social media after allowing women to participate in National Day celebrations in Riyadh's King Fahd Stadium for the first time last month. Bbc.com

Saudi Arabia to allow women to obtain driving licences | World news ... » Sep 26, 2017 ...King Salman ordered the reform in a royal decree delivered on Tuesday night, requesting that drivers' licences be issued to women who wanted them. Theguardian.com

Eight things women still can't do in Saudi Arabia | The Independent » Sep 27, 2017 ...The news that King Salman of Saudi Arabia has issued a royal decree finally giving women in the conservative Kingdom the right to drive was met with ...US and UK's alley in the middle east...as long as they spend the oil money to buy missiles from "us" who cares about the human and women rights there. Independent.co.uk

Saudi Arabia celebrates its first ever Women's Day in Riyadh | The ... » Feb 5, 2017 ...Saudi Arabia has celebrated its own Women's Day, a first for the ultra- conservative Islamic kingdom. ...Saudi woman and her successful role, and remind people of her achievements in education, culture, medicine, literature and other areas,” Mohammed Al-Saif, a spokesman for the centre, told Arab News. Independent.co.uk