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  • Municipal Councils: Women
    Saudi Arabia’s New Female Politicians in the Other Room 

    The controversy in Jeddah was a surprise to many, according to Abdulaziz Sager, the chairman of the Gulf Research Center in Jeddah, because the 30 female members of the national Shoura (consultative) Council, the country’s highest religious body, have long shared a room with their male colleagues.

  • Female Lawyers
    Saudi female lawyers still face obstacles

    Despite the legal profession licenses, and the growing practice of this profession granted by the Ministry of Justice to the Saudi female lawyers, they are still facing many difficulties related to practicing this profession.

  • Literacy
    Female illiteracy in KSA drops to 8.27%

    The illiteracy rate among Saudi women dropped to 8.27 percent last year, according to the Ministry of Education.

  • Women in Saudi Arabia
    Saudi men protested a female poet at a book fair, and were kicked out themselves

    Sexist jeers interrupted a quiet poetry reading in Saudi Arabia this weekend, but the event ended with a show of support for gender equality.

  • U.S. - Saudi
    3 female limo drivers from Rochester, New York win lawsuit vs. Saudi prince

    A federal judge ruled Wednesday that three Rochester women were sexually discriminated against when they were dismissed from their chauffeur jobs after a Saudi prince demanded only male drivers.

  • Saudi Women
    Dress code for female Saudi ministry workers ignites heated debate

    Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Labor’s decision to impose fines on female workers violating the dress code at their workplaces has sparked a heated debate. According to a local newspaper, the Ministry of Labor plans to impose a fine of SR1,000 ($266) on women not following the Islamic dress code within their workplaces.

  • Hajj Services
    Saudi Arabia to appoint women to serve female hajj pilgrims

    Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj has formally requested the Ministry of Civil Services to facilitate the appointment of women employees at its branches so as to offer the best services to female pilgrims.

  • Women Voters
    KSA sees first female voter registrations

    They don’t know each other, and are separated by about 450km, but Jamal Al-Saadi and Safinaz Abu Al-Shamat became the first two women to register as voters for the upcoming third municipal elections in Madinah and Makkah respectively.

  • Mahram
    Perspective: Female Daeshis and mahram permit

    The continued need for a mahram’s permission for a woman to travel is considered to be among the biggest issues faced by women in the Kingdom that has not improved. The issue has two parts: financial and moral.

  • Israel - Palestine: Espionage
    When Mossad’s Greatest Female Assassin Got It Wrong

    The Mossad agents had been sent to Lillehammer to assassinate Ali Hassan Salameh, an operative and leader of the Palestinian militant group Black September, and mastermind behind the murder of eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.