Hopefully some day Saudi women will have the same rights and privileges that women in the West do.
Eleven things women in Saudi Arabia cannot do
Aug 19, 2015
Women have begun registering to vote for the first time, but their daily lives remain severely restricted
Hassan Ammar/AFP/Getty Images
Women in Saudi Arabia are registering to vote for the first time in history, more than four years after King Abdullah granted equal voting rights.
They will be allowed to vote in municipal elections due to take place in December and can also stand as candidates.
"[Voting is] a dream for us," Jamal Al-Saadi, the first woman to register in Medina told the Saudi Gazette. "[It] will enable Saudi women to have a say in the process of decision-making."
Human rights campaigners have welcomed the move, but warn there is still a long way to go in the fight for gender equality in the conservative Muslim nation.
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Eleven things women in Saudi Arabia cannot do
Eleven things women in Saudi Arabia cannot do
Aug 19, 2015
Women have begun registering to vote for the first time, but their daily lives remain severely restricted
Hassan Ammar/AFP/Getty Images
Women in Saudi Arabia are registering to vote for the first time in history, more than four years after King Abdullah granted equal voting rights.
They will be allowed to vote in municipal elections due to take place in December and can also stand as candidates.
"[Voting is] a dream for us," Jamal Al-Saadi, the first woman to register in Medina told the Saudi Gazette. "[It] will enable Saudi women to have a say in the process of decision-making."
Human rights campaigners have welcomed the move, but warn there is still a long way to go in the fight for gender equality in the conservative Muslim nation.
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Eleven things women in Saudi Arabia cannot do
