Women in Saudi Arabia call for an end to oppressive patriarchal laws with hashtag campaign

Women in Saudi Arabia have started a wildly popular hashtag campaign

calling for an end to laws that give men control of their lives. The tag #StopEnslavingSaudiWomen and its Arabic translation, has been

posted thousands of times in a bid to speak out about male guardianship

laws.

In the Islamic nation, women must have an appointed male guardian,

usually their father or husband, who are given legal control over their

lives.

They must seek permission from their guardians to carry out certain

activities including travelling, studying, marrying or even having

surgery. Protests and rallies in the Islamic country are banned and come

with a custodial sentence but women have gotten round that obstacle by

taking their campaign to social media.

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