Women’s Suffrage in Saudi Arabia
September 17, 2005
Potential progress in Saudi Arabia on equal rights for women (link via Captain’s Quarters):
Vote Seen As Breakthrough for Saudi Women – Yahoo! News.
Saudi women will be able to fully participate in an election for the first time in this ultraconservative Islamic kingdom, after the government ordered a local chamber of commerce to allow female voters and candidates.
This is good news. Let’s hope that the government and local officials follow through.
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