![]() ![]() Despite the steps forward, there is still work to be done and progress to be made. However, these changes have been accompanied by backlash against the women who have led these campaigns. In 2017, women were allowed access to government services such as education and healthcare without guardian consent, and the Saudi regime issued a decree in 2018 allowing women to drive, lifting the world's only ban on female drivers. After many years of being barred from voting or holding elected office, women were permitted to vote in the 2015 local elections and to be appointed to the Consultative Assembly. Recently, progress has been made to give women the right to drive and to end male guardianship in certain circumstances. ![]() Historically, women's rights in Saudi Arabia have been limited in comparison to women's rights in many neighboring countries. enshrined women's rights, including the right to live free from violence, slavery, and discrimination to be educated to own property to vote and to earn a fair and equal wage. ![]()
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