[ad_1]
SAudi Arabia will allow women to travel without the permission of a guardian, the government said, overturning the country's controversial tutelage laws, according to which women were trying to flee in secret.
A series of government decrees announced on Friday allow women over the age of 21 to apply for a pbadport and travel freely. They also give women more control over family matters, making them eligible to be the legal guardians of children, register births, marriages and divorces, and obtain legal documents, rather than asking a male guardian to do on their behalf.
This decision comes as the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia is being scrutinized by the international community and the media has gained wide attention after several young people Women fled the country this year, asking for asylum and protection of their family.
[ad_2]
Source link
