Saudi Arabia allows women to travel abroad without male 'guardian' approval

Saudi Arabia will allow women to travel abroad without approval from a male "guardian", the government said on Thursday. The landmark reform erodes the longstanding guardianship system that renders women permanently as legal minors and allows their "guardians" — husband, father and other male relatives — to exercise arbitrary authority over them.

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