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10/26/2013

 
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Women in Saudi Arabia are taking part in a mass driving protest today to challenge the kingdom's ban on female driving. The authorities have increased warnings to women not to defy the order.

The interior ministry has reiterated that anyone flouting the ban is likely to face unspecified punishment. The activists behind the campaign believe the mood of the public, including men, is changing to support lifting of the ban.

I don't believe one country should interfere with another's traditional way of life, but in this instance, the women are standing up for themselves, despite threats of unspecified punishment. They're brave and strong.


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In a historic move last week, Saudi Arabia passed a legal ban on domestic violence and other forms of abuse against women. The law is the first of its kind in a nation that has been called one of the worst places for women to live. Fathers sell teenage girls to men in their 70s, 80s.

In conservative Saudi Arabia, a woman's life is not her own; she is nothing but a legal minor. Every woman must have a male guardian. Until she is married, the father takes the role, but other family, even sons, can assume the guardian status.
To fit in with this tradition, Saudi women need permission from the guardian for certain types of healthcare, to study, work, travel, and marry.


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In Saudi Arabia's sex segregated education system, the facilities available to women are more limited compared to the boys. According to the Saudi official policy, the purpose of educating a girl is to bring her up in a proper Islamic way so as to perform her duty in life, be an ideal and successful housewife and a good mother, ready to do things which suit her nature such as teaching, nursing and medical treatment.

Nowadays, Saudi women still depend on private drivers or male guardians to move around in the country. Let's hope they can take this one step toward independence.  If only the 'world could live as one', allowing these women to be free to make their own choices.


brook link
10/25/2013 07:21:58 pm

I agree. I hope there will independence for the women who are fighting the fight.

Francene Stanley link
10/25/2013 11:04:33 pm

Let's hope this first step leads them on.

Amanda HelmiBM link
10/25/2013 07:22:44 pm

This is such a moving issue, I feel very deeply for these women and hope one day they move out of the darkness and into the light.

Francene Stanley link
10/25/2013 11:05:32 pm

With people around the world caring, their action will gather strength.

Richa Singh link
10/25/2013 07:56:18 pm

I must say these women do have a lot of strength to be doing this! But it is the need of the hour for them now...

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Francene Stanley link
10/25/2013 11:06:25 pm

Hope they have the courage to continue.

Amy link
10/25/2013 11:05:29 pm

I admire these women and pray for their safety. Sometimes you've just got to make a stand, and they are very courageous to do so. I hope they're successful in bringing about change.

Francene Stanley link
10/25/2013 11:07:27 pm

I pray for their safety too. Our combined thoughts will make a difference.

Alana link
10/26/2013 11:05:58 am

Something we take for granted and other women have to fight for. We should never take our freedoms for granted. No change, today - the women caught had to sign pledges never to drive again. I wonder how long it will take for this right to be granted, now that the eyes of the world are upon them.

Francene Stanley link
10/26/2013 07:30:47 pm

Sad. Their effort achieved nothing. Hope their punishment isn't too severe behind closed doors.

Phebe Bodelle
10/28/2013 12:10:36 am

Fundemental islamists keep women in their place. Millions of women around the world, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia are kept under the thumb because neanderthals interpret the Quaran the way they want to and Western ideals are anathama to these creatures. Even in the UK Muslin women are kept in their place, it is disgusting and should not be allowed to happen.


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