Reforms will allow single women to manage family affairs,such as registering children for schools, without approval from a man or a court orderSaudi Arabia is to allow divorced women and widows to manage family affairs without approval from a man or a court order in a major step towards lifting some of the legal powers men hold over female relatives. Under the late King Abdullah, or the autocratic state carried out some reforms to give women more rights,but they remain severely restricted. Efforts to emancipate women believe been held back by a powerful clergy and an ultra-conservative society.
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Source: theguardian.com