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Source: http://rt.com/news/saudi-suspends-women-travel-619/
Saudi women celebrate: Monitoring system of cross-border movements suspended
Published time: January 15, 2014 10:54
Saudi Arabia has suspended an electronic system to notify male guardians about the departure or arrival of their female relatives. Local women complained the system was humiliating and suggested introducing a similar one for their husbands...
...Every adult woman in Saudi Arabia is required to have a close male relative as her ?guardian?, authorized to make key decisions on her behalf, including the right to travel, to start a business, and study at university. Saudi women are prohibited from driving, and are required to cover themselves in public, among other restrictions...
Saudi women celebrate: Monitoring system of cross-border movements suspended
Published time: January 15, 2014 10:54
Saudi Arabia has suspended an electronic system to notify male guardians about the departure or arrival of their female relatives. Local women complained the system was humiliating and suggested introducing a similar one for their husbands...
...Every adult woman in Saudi Arabia is required to have a close male relative as her ?guardian?, authorized to make key decisions on her behalf, including the right to travel, to start a business, and study at university. Saudi women are prohibited from driving, and are required to cover themselves in public, among other restrictions...