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Why women in Saudi Arabia have a long way to go yet

if this prince and the Saudi government want me to stand and clap this decision then they will be mistaken

Yes, that's just what they want -- but it's important to ask, WHY they want you to stand and clap. Obviously they think they have done something good, in other words they KNOW they have been doing something bad for a long long time.

Recall and Remember: Hypocrisy is a compliment vice pays to virtue
 
Travel overseas you mean? On her own, without a maHram? Travel's hard as it is, why add to it?

Really? Women should be allowed to move around freely both locally and internationally....there are many reasons...Not everyone has brothers and not all the time fathers or uncles can take time off to tag along with a lady...as long as the laws are strict enough and men do not have closed minded thinking, women should have no problem moving around.

Marriage is another issue, let's not bundle it within the same post. That said, we in pakistan generally follow fiqh ul Hanafii, which does not obligate a waalii...

Hanafii or non Hanafii, a wali is necessary. However do not mistaken this with forced marriages. Wali is guardian as an adviser not as a dictator...If the woman says no, the wali can ONLY advice that the suitor is good but is not allowed to force the girl and vice versa.
well if the bride and her father differ, the state steps in as the waalii in lieu of the father in the bride's favour...some technical stuff I don't really know about and can't enlighten you more about.

True...The court steps in when either disagree i.e. if the girl likes someone who is not worthy while daddy has a worthy suitor OR when the girl has a worthy suitor but dad insists his friend's son is better. OR if both have a good man in mind and can't come to a conclusion.
 
Why don't U.S. give a damn on this human right issue again???

So stop being the moral police around the world while keeping silence on this type of women torture.
King Abdullah has announced that Saudi women will get the vote – but there's still much catching up for them to do

On Sunday, Saudi Arabia's ruler, King Abdullah, announced that women would be given the vote in the kingdom's municipal elections – starting in 2015. It's certainly a move in the right direction, although human rights campaigners caution that the promise has been made before but not acted upon. And the kingdom still has a long way to go when it comes to equality:

Male guardianship Every woman in Saudi Arabia must have a male guardian – usually a husband or father, sometimes a son. Essentially reduced to the status of a minor, an adult woman has to seek permission from her guardian to travel, work, marry or make many other decisions. The government has taken steps to reduce the power guardians have over some aspects of women's lives, but in practice many officials still demand to see proof of permission. "This is the major issue to be resolved for women in Saudi Arabia," says Nadya Khalife, women's rights researcher at Human Rights Watch.

Employment Saudi women make up 58% of graduates, but only 14% of the workforce, and usually in professions deemed "suitable" (the most common is teaching). There are no female judges, for instance. In 2010, the government announced female lawyers would be allowed to practise (until now, law graduates had only been allowed to give legal advice) in specially constituted courts where they could represent other women. Many employers still use the excuse that Saudi society is strictly gender segregated as a reason not to employ women.

Violence It is believed that huge numbers of rapes go unreported because of women's fears of punishment (the woman could be found to have flouted sex segregation rules) and bringing "shame" on their family. Rape within marriage is not recognised. "In reporting these crimes [at the police station], women have to take their male guardian with them, who may very well be the same person who is assaulting them," says Khalife.

Driving Although unenforced in many rural areas, women are not allowed to drive.

Back to the stone age?? Does Abdullah want us to pat him on his back and thank him for his generosity towards women?


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