The new law, which came into effect on Sunday, is being seen as a way to end secret divorces and protect their rights.7 hours ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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| UK MPs, lawyers seek access to activists held in Saudi Arabia<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n But Abu-Dayyeh said knowing about a divorce does not mean a woman will get alimony or the custody of her children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In recent years women in Saudi Arabia have been allowed to enter sports stadiums for the first time, vote in local elections, and take a greater role in the workforce as Saudi Arabia tries to diversify its oil-dependent economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But many Saudi women have taken to social media to push for more freedom, including protesting against the country’s strict dress codes that require women to wear an abaya – a loose, all-covering robe – when in public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Campaigners said the main sticking point remained Saudi Arabia’s guardianship policy, whereby women must have permission from a male relative to work, travel, marry, and even get some medical treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The male guardianship system is a core issue and it must be dismantled. It controls women in each and every step of their lives. This system strangles Saudi women,” said Abu-Dayyeh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although many have hailed the Saudi government’s reforms, these have been accompanied by a crackdown on dissent with about a dozen female activists arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In November, rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch accused Saudi Arabia of torturing and sexually harassing some detained female activists – allegations denied by a Saudi official to Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A group of British parliamentarians and lawyers on Wednesday requested an “urgent response” from the Saudi ambassador by January 9 to allow them to speak with the detained activists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Saudi women to get divorce notification by text message The new law, which came into effect on Sunday, is being seen as a way to end secret divorces and protect their rights.7 hours ago MORE ON SAUDI ARABIA ‘This is how we welcomed 2019’: Civilians killed in Houthi attacktoday Saudi woman held at Bangkok airport fears death if repatriatedtoday Taliban seek… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2866,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2865\/revisions\/2866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |