Wajeha al-Huwaider had her passport in order and wanted to take a 45-minute cab ride for a summer vacation on the Bahraini coast, a popular destination in eastern Saudi Arabia. Despite having her papers ready for inspection, a border guard refused to allow al-Huwaider to join her fellow Saudis into Bahrain, as a male guardian was not present to give his permission.
“Either you treat us like mature citizens or let us leave the country (permanently),” she told CNN.
She’s urging all Saudi women who are tired of “being oppressed” to go “to any border and try to cross it without permission from their male relative.”
Saudi Arabia has one of the most repressive legal systems in the world when it comes to the rights of women. Literally, women can do nothing for themselves without the permission of their closest male relative, usually a husband, father, or brother, but in some cases a son.
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