Saudi Arabia allows women to travel independently, chipping away at reviled guardianship system
by Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times
Aug 02, 2019
3 minutes
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Saudi Arabia has ended a bevy of legal restrictions on women - including restraints on applying for passports and traveling abroad without the approval of a male relative - in what was celebrated as another step in the dismantling of the much-vilified "Wilayah," or guardianship system.
Saudi monarch King Salman issued a royal decree outlining the amendments to the country's laws following a Cabinet decision earlier this
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