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Case study: Saudi Arabia women's rights (What Women can't do…
Case study: Saudi Arabia women's rights
Background
oil based economy
16% of the world's petroleum reserves
leading role in OPEC
GDP
54,100 (ranked 21st in world
Kingdom
ruled by the king- king is Prime Minister
Royal family occupy most pol. posts (7,000)
Politically divided
Gender gap index
lowest of high income countries
Gender equalities that exist in Saudi
April 2017 Kink ordered all agencies to allow women to access any gov. services without male consent
Dec 2017 women were given the right to drive
right to vote (2015)
however, outnumber (130,000 women vote compared to over mil. male voter
Evidence
What Women can't do
going any without a male guardian
intercating with men
segregation
completing freely in sports
can't try on clothes while shopping
Can't look at husbands phone
Flogs or imprisoned
Domestic abuse
not criminal until 2013
Worst place to live in the world as a woman
Causes and barriers
Sharia law
Strict Wahhabism
Trad + close relations to royal fam
law isn't written down
Judges have discretionary power
Human rights in Wahhabism is:
1) sex segregation
2) lack of capacity
Consequences