My Right to Drive: Women Rights in Saudi Arabia Explored through the Lens of Religion Saudi women lead severely restricted lives in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This paper examines the rights of women in Saudi
In the newly formed United Nations, the status of women in territories administered by member states was a key indicator of a country's capacity for self-governance (Knop, 2002). A third body of critique invited caution about the feminist project in international law. In line with the “...
Pushed by CBS News' Norah O'Donnell over the jailing of a prominent women's rights activist in a2019 interview for 60 Minutes, bin Salman said, "there are laws in Saudi Arabia that must be respected, whether or not we agree with them, whether I personally agree with them or not." ...
A robot has just been given a big privilege in Saudi Arabia, and people are questioning if it's unfair to the country's own women. Sophia the robot, made by American firm Hanson Robotics, has been officially named a citizen of Saudi Arabia -- the first country in the world to grant ...
No rights for women No political rights No freedom of belief No LBGT rights No freedom of the press Let us also be very clear about one thing. This is not about Islam or Muslims in general. At the heart of it all rests a very extreme religious belief –Wahhabism. It illustrates the ...
"Not a single migrant worker, victim of human rights crimes, torture survivor, jailed women's rights advocate, or Saudi civil society member was consulted for FIFA's supposedly independent report," Worden said. "FIFA's treatment of the Saudi bid is an abysmal failure to implement mandatory hum...
Al-Hathloul has experienced first-hand how brutal life in Saudi Arabia can be under MBS’ rule. Her sister was jailed in 2018 for leading a women’s rights group and remains under a travel ban, unable to leave the country. It’s been seven years since al-Hathloul, who has left the...
Some of the women had worked for decades to repeal a female driving ban in Saudi Arabia. The arrests, which included men who had worked with the female activists, drew international outrage in part because they occurred just weeks before the Saudi government officially lifted the d...
“The human rights record of Saudi Arabia remains troubling, particularly when it comes to civil and political rights and women’s rights. So we will continue to advocate for human rights. We will continue to advocate for Raif Badawi as always when we have discussions with our Saudi cou...
LGBT Rights in Saudi Arabia: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender, donating blood, age of consent, and more.