Slowly.
DUBAI: Women in the conservative Gulf Arab states have made headway toward gaining political rights, albeit at a slow pace. With the United States increasingly clamoring for democracy in the Middle East, calls for women's enfranchisement are reverberating across the Gulf states now more than ever.
Even in ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia, women, who are still banned from driving, are demanding a change to the status quo.
Though Saudi women have been deprived of taking part in landmark municipal elections, rare statements are being made by the kingdom's officials that women could cast their ballots next time round.
Continue reading the round up of women's rights in the Gulf states.
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Monday, March 07, 2005
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