male guardianship

DUBAI (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Qatar on Monday to eliminate male guardianship rules that prevent women making…

Like thousands of Saudi women, Rouaa al-Mousa entered the workforce as reforms sweep the ultra-conservative kingdom and is certain that…

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s international airports are the scene of the latest “first” for women citizens, who can now…

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has begun allowing adult women to travel without permission and to exercise more control over…

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi officials have hailed as “historic” new rights granted to women in Saudi Arabia that further dismantle…

Saudi Arabia will allow women to travel abroad without approval from a male “guardian”, the government said Thursday, ending a…

The Saudi government is reportedly planning this year to lift a restriction on women traveling without the consent of male…

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

Saudi Arabia has released four more female activists from custody pending trial, rights campaigners have announced. This means that seven…

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