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The Complex Realities of Women’s Divorce Rights: Where Male Guardianship Still Restricts Freedom

Saudi Arabia's Evolving Personal Status Laws In Saudi Arabia, the landscape for women's divorce rights has been shifting ...
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4 Countries Where Women Still Need a Man’s Approval to File for Divorce

Saudi Arabia's Personal Status Law Codifies Male GuardianshipSaudi Arabia stands as perhaps the most documented example of ...
The Pantagraph

8-year-old Saudi girl divorces 50-year-old husband

CAIRO - An 8-year-old Saudi girl has divorced her middle-aged husband after her father forced her to marry him last year in exchange for about $13,000, her lawyer said Thursday. Saudi Arabia has come ...
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Saudi judge: It's OK to slap spendthrift wives

Husbands are allowed to slap their wives if they spend lavishly, a Saudi judge said recently during a seminar on domestic violence, Saudi media reported Sunday. Arab News, a Saudi English-language ...