UN calls on Saudi Arabia to end gender discrimination

UN Dispatch reports that the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women has called on Saudi Arabia to “end its system of male guardianship.”

The committee’s 23 independent experts urged Saudi Arabia to “amend its legislation to confirm that international treaties have precedence over domestic laws,” and “enact a comprehensive gender equality law.”
They also said that Riyadh should “take immediate steps to end the practice of male guardianship over women” and work to eliminate “negative cultural practices and stereotypes” which discriminate against women.

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