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Human Rights Watch calls on Qatar to dismantle male guardianship
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Human Rights Watch calls on Qatar to dismantle male guardianship

DUBAI (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Qatar on Monday to eliminate male guardianship rules that prevent women making…
As society opens, Saudi women surge into job market
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As society opens, Saudi women surge into job market

Like thousands of Saudi women, Rouaa al-Mousa entered the workforce as reforms sweep the ultra-conservative kingdom and is certain that…
Cleared for takeoff: Saudi women start exercising their newest right
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Cleared for takeoff: Saudi women start exercising their newest right

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s international airports are the scene of the latest “first” for women citizens, who can now…
Saudi Arabia implements end to travel restrictions for Saudi women: agency
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Saudi Arabia implements end to travel restrictions for Saudi women: agency

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has begun allowing adult women to travel without permission and to exercise more control over…
Saudi Arabia women’s rights reforms may still be thwarted by custom
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Saudi Arabia women’s rights reforms may still be thwarted by custom

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi officials have hailed as “historic” new rights granted to women in Saudi Arabia that further dismantle…
Saudi Arabia allows women to travel without male ‘guardian’ approval
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Saudi Arabia allows women to travel without male ‘guardian’ approval

Saudi Arabia will allow women to travel abroad without approval from a male “guardian”, the government said Thursday, ending a…
Saudi Arabia easing male guardianship law: True reform or symbolic PR?
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Saudi Arabia easing male guardianship law: True reform or symbolic PR?

The Saudi government is reportedly planning this year to lift a restriction on women traveling without the consent of male…
Saudi de-fangs religious police but plans to enforce ‘decency
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Saudi de-fangs religious police but plans to enforce ‘decency

Saudi Arabia has rendered toothless the once-feared religious police amid a liberalisation drive, but a planned “public decency” law is…
Four Saudi women activists freed pending trial
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Four Saudi women activists freed pending trial

Saudi Arabia has released four more female activists from custody pending trial, rights campaigners have announced. This means that seven…
Q&A: Sudanese face uphill climb in unfinished revolution
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Q&A: Sudanese face uphill climb in unfinished revolution

CAIRO (AP) — The Sudanese Professionals Association, which led months of protests that eventually forced one of Africa’s longest-ruling leaders…
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