For women like teenager Rahaf Mohammed, who was granted asylum in Canada after fleeing Saudi Arabia in 2019, injustice was just a part of life in her native homeland. Every Saudi woman must ...

Below are just a few women of the House of Saud and their impact on charities. SAUDI ARABIA PUSHES FOR US DEFENSE ...

Saudi Arabia has finally lifted the ban on women driving – which means that, for the very first time in the Gulf kingdom’s history, women will be able to drive without fear of being arrested ...

After years of languishing in the bottom ten, Saudi Arabia has been inching up the ranks of the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Index, now coming 126th out of 146 countries in the 2024 report.

This meant for the first time ever, the women's and men's year-end champions earned the same reward. The sums of money being poured into golf, football and motor racing in Saudi Arabia have also ...

The Saudi Arabian government has released three Nigerian women who were arrested for possession of cocaine. The development was disclosed in a statement by the spokesman of Nigeria’s Ministry of ...

Riyadh: Several major changes have been made to labour laws in Saudi ... 2020, which provided more freedom to change jobs and relaxed visa regulations. The new rules particularly benefit women.

In March 2021, the Court of Appeals in Riyadh upheld the verdict of Saudi Arabian woman human rights defender Nassima al-Sada, confirming the final sentence of a five-year prison term followed by a ...

Saudi Arabia has changed radically in recent years. Women are the main beneficiaries of this. Whereas women used to be second-class citizens, today they are allowed to run companies and play in bands.

Saudi Arabia's sport authority has apologised for the appearance of scantily clad women during a wrestling broadcast. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) held matches in Jeddah, billed as its ...

Ready, steady, go - riders at the starting line of Saudi Arabia's first women cycling race Female riders have taken part in Saudi Arabia's first women's cycling race, surprising many people in the ...