Saudi women for the first time begin to register as candidates for municipal polls in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom where they face a host of restrictions, including a driving ban.
Earlier this month, in another first, women started to register as voters at centers run by all-female staff, separate from registration facilities for Saudi males.
Women in the Gulf state, which applies a strict segregation of the sexes, are banned from driving and have to cover in public from head to toe.
They also have to obtain the consent of a male guardian to travel, work, apply for a passport or to marry.
The late king Abdullah in 2011 granted women the right to vote and run as candidates in this year’s local elections, saying, “We refuse to marginalize women’s role in Saudi society.”
— AFP
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