Saudi Arabia Women Elections
- All
- News
- Videos
-
Saudi Arabia, Where Women Aren't Allowed To Drive, Was Just Elected To The UN Women's Rights Commission
When it comes to women's rights, no country's perfect. One recent study found that it will take 170 more years before women and men are equally well educated, well paid and well cared for.
-
US Calls First Saudi Arabia's Poll Open to Women 'Historic Milestone'
The United States on Sunday welcomed Saudi Arabia's first ever election open to female voters and candidates, calling it a historic milestone.
-
In A Historic First, 19 Women Elected In Saudi Arabia Local Polls
At least 19 Saudi women have won seats on local municipal councils a day after women voted and ran in elections for the first time in the country's history, according to initial results released to The Associated Press on Sunday.
-
In A Historic First, 9 Women Win Seats In Saudi Arabia Local Polls
At least nine women won municipal council seats in Saudi Arabia's first ever election open to female voters and candidates, officials said today, in a milestone for the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom.
-
At Least 2 Women Win Seats In Historic Saudi Vote
At least two women won municipal council seats in Saudi Arabia's first ever election open to female voters and candidates, officials said today, in a milestone for the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom.
-
As Saudi Women Vote For the First Time, 9 Things They Still Can't Do
Saudi women vote today for the first time in elections but still face a host of other restrictions, among the tightest in the world.
-
Voting Starts In First Saudi Poll Open To Women: Reports
Voting began on Saturday in Saudi Arabia's first elections open to female voters and candidates.
-
Uber Offers Free Lifts to Women Voting for First Time in a Saudi Arabian Election
Online taxi-hailing service Uber will give Saudi Arabian women lifts to polling stations for free on Saturday to help boost female participation at the first elections in the deeply conservative Islamic kingdom open to female voters.
-
Saudi Officials Once Jailed Her For Driving, But She Found Her Way Back On The Ballot
She was jailed for 10 weeks for driving. But Saudi officials will let her run. In a surprise reversal Wednesday, Saudi Arabia lifted its election block on activist-slash-candidate Loujain Hathloul, who gained fame last year by live-streaming her defiance of the kingdom's ban driving for women.
-
3 Activists Barred as Saudi Women Launch First Vote Bid
Hundreds of Saudi women began campaigning for public office Sunday, in a first for women in the conservative Muslim kingdom's slow reform process, even as three activists were disqualified.
-
Saudi Arabia Allows Women to Contest Local Elections
Saudi Arabia allowed women to register to stand in local elections on Sunday, in a historic first for the ultra-conservative kingdom.
-
Saudis hold their last all-male election
Saudi Arabia held its second nationwide vote ever on Thursday, a male-only election for powerless municipal councils. The balloting comes just days after the king decreed that women will be able to participate for the first time in the next local elections in 2015, a measure likely aimed at heading off Arab Spring-style dissent in the kingdom.
-
Saudi king grants women the right to vote in local elections
Saudi King Abdullah announced Sunday that the nation's women will gain the right to vote and run as candidates in local elections to be held in 2015 in a major advancement for the rights of women in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom.
-
Saudi Arabia, Where Women Aren't Allowed To Drive, Was Just Elected To The UN Women's Rights Commission
When it comes to women's rights, no country's perfect. One recent study found that it will take 170 more years before women and men are equally well educated, well paid and well cared for.
-
US Calls First Saudi Arabia's Poll Open to Women 'Historic Milestone'
The United States on Sunday welcomed Saudi Arabia's first ever election open to female voters and candidates, calling it a historic milestone.
-
In A Historic First, 19 Women Elected In Saudi Arabia Local Polls
At least 19 Saudi women have won seats on local municipal councils a day after women voted and ran in elections for the first time in the country's history, according to initial results released to The Associated Press on Sunday.
-
In A Historic First, 9 Women Win Seats In Saudi Arabia Local Polls
At least nine women won municipal council seats in Saudi Arabia's first ever election open to female voters and candidates, officials said today, in a milestone for the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom.
-
At Least 2 Women Win Seats In Historic Saudi Vote
At least two women won municipal council seats in Saudi Arabia's first ever election open to female voters and candidates, officials said today, in a milestone for the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom.
-
As Saudi Women Vote For the First Time, 9 Things They Still Can't Do
Saudi women vote today for the first time in elections but still face a host of other restrictions, among the tightest in the world.
-
Voting Starts In First Saudi Poll Open To Women: Reports
Voting began on Saturday in Saudi Arabia's first elections open to female voters and candidates.
-
Uber Offers Free Lifts to Women Voting for First Time in a Saudi Arabian Election
Online taxi-hailing service Uber will give Saudi Arabian women lifts to polling stations for free on Saturday to help boost female participation at the first elections in the deeply conservative Islamic kingdom open to female voters.
-
Saudi Officials Once Jailed Her For Driving, But She Found Her Way Back On The Ballot
She was jailed for 10 weeks for driving. But Saudi officials will let her run. In a surprise reversal Wednesday, Saudi Arabia lifted its election block on activist-slash-candidate Loujain Hathloul, who gained fame last year by live-streaming her defiance of the kingdom's ban driving for women.
-
3 Activists Barred as Saudi Women Launch First Vote Bid
Hundreds of Saudi women began campaigning for public office Sunday, in a first for women in the conservative Muslim kingdom's slow reform process, even as three activists were disqualified.
-
Saudi Arabia Allows Women to Contest Local Elections
Saudi Arabia allowed women to register to stand in local elections on Sunday, in a historic first for the ultra-conservative kingdom.
-
Saudis hold their last all-male election
Saudi Arabia held its second nationwide vote ever on Thursday, a male-only election for powerless municipal councils. The balloting comes just days after the king decreed that women will be able to participate for the first time in the next local elections in 2015, a measure likely aimed at heading off Arab Spring-style dissent in the kingdom.
-
Saudi king grants women the right to vote in local elections
Saudi King Abdullah announced Sunday that the nation's women will gain the right to vote and run as candidates in local elections to be held in 2015 in a major advancement for the rights of women in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom.
