A step in the right direction in Saudia Arabia?
I woke up this morning to the news that Saudi Arabia intends to finally give women the right to vote. And then I heard the catch - that these reforms won’t come into effect until 2015. 2015. Yes, the year 2015.
While it’s a step in the right direction, the cynic in me wonders if this is more a token effort to keep Saudi out of the ‘Arab Spring’ uprisings, and once things settle down (if they do) the reforms will be denied before they’re even brought in.
I hope not though, because this is truly great news, though I will let a Saudi Arabian woman have the last say:
“So I can vote, but I can’t get a driver’s licence,” said one Saudi women from Jeddah, who said she had to remain anonymous. “If I use my name I may be breaching the guardianship law here.” - quoted in The Guardian
