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Neither Saudi is focused on the nation’s high-profile ban on female driving that they believe most directly affects women with lower incomes. They talk about the engrained male domination of the culture, which few Saudis seem eager to change.
Iran and Saudi Arabia are among the countries on the list for today’s elections to the 41-member executive board of the U.N.’s new super agency for women. Some critics say countries that allow death by stoning should be disqualified.
Saudi women are not allowed to enter courts alone. They need a male guardian, whether they’re lawyers or parties to a dispute. But the government raised hopes in February that it would begin to partially relax that rule with a new law.