Kristine Beckerle is the Alan R. and Barbara D. Finberg Fellow at Human Rights Watch, working in the Middle East and North Africa division. Follow her on Twitter.
This is a serious blow, particularly when you remember that the presence of women isn’t a problem for every Saudi municipal council; the government’s decision to segregate endorsed the position of extreme men.
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