Saudi women are registering to vote in elections across the country for the first time ever
Women are registering to vote in national elections for the first time in the history of Saudi Arabia.
In what the kingdom’s officials describe as a “significant milestone in progress towards a participation-based society”, municipal elections will be held across the country later this year.
And in a remarkable move for a country where women’s rights are severely limited, women have been allowed to both vote and stand for election themselves.
According to the Saudi Gazette, two women named Jamal Al-Saadi and Safinaz Abu Al-Shamat became the first to register as voters in their country’s history when they arrived at the opening of electoral offices in Madinah and Makkah respectively on Sunday.
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Source News: Independent
