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UN expert calls for end to Saudi ban on women driving
[Iran Press TV] A United Nations...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... independent expert says the Saudi government should end its ban on women driving, urging the kingdom to do more to reform its male guardianship system.
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... that the government in Riyadh was urgently required to cast aside rules and regulations that have hampered social life in the kingdom. "So, I feel very strongly that the kingdom should move to enable women to drive cars," Alston said on Thursday. The expert also called on Riyadh to make efforts to change the country’s guardianship system, which effectively hinders women's ability to work and travel. Alston said some features of the system, requiring that women obtain the consent of a male member of their family to study, travel and other activities, "need to be reformed." "My concern is that the government is in fact deferring to a relatively small portion of conservative voices," Alston told a news conference, adding, "The role of the government is to work out how it can change the policy and how it can change attitudes." Posted by: Fred 2017-01-20 |
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