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Saudi women are fighting for their freedom – and their hard-won victories are growing

  • Written by Alainna Liloia, Graduate Associate, Ph.D. Student, University of Arizona

Saudi women will soon be allowed to obtain passports and travel without the permission of a male relative.

This new regulation, announced by the government in early August, eases one of the most limiting aspects of the Gulf country’s “guardianship system,” which puts men in charge of their female relatives.

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