Women Rights in Saudi Arabia Explored through the Lens of Religion

My Right to Drive:Women Rights in Saudi Arabia Explored through the Lens of ReligionSaudi women lead severely restricted lives in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This paper examines the rights of women in Saudi Arabia explored through the lens of Religion explaining in depth the banned right to drive for Saudi women in the regime of each King that has ruled the Kingdom (and whether the Kings granted women their basic right to drive or applied strict restrictions on them). The paper also discusses a number of peaceful protests from (1990-2014) organized by Saudi women and their supporters that aimed to lift the restriction of driving in the History of the Saudi Arabia. Many female Saudi activists have put their lives in danger to gain their right to drive and accepted the severe backlash from the Saudi society to seek change. “The abuse of women’s rights in Saudi Arabia is not simply the unfortunate consequence of overzealous security forces and religious police. It is the inevitable result of a state policy which gives women fewer rights than men, which means that women face discrimination in all walks of life, and which allows men with authority to exercise their power without any fear of being held to account for their actions.” (Lichter Ida)

Author

• Alferaehy, Rawan Ali

Language

• en

Keyword

• women rights
• womens right to drive
• the right to drive
• saudi women
• saudi arabia
• saudi women history

Date created

• 2016

Type of Work

• Master's Thesis

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• Corcoran School of Arts and Design

Degree

• M.A.

Advisor

• McAleer-Keeler, Kerry

Committee Member(s)

• Deal, Georgia

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/etd/2801pg488