Saudi Arabia set to allow women to travel without male permission | Financial Times:
Saudi Arabia plans to grant women the right to travel without a male guardian’s permission as the government moves to relax social restrictions in the kingdom’s male-dominated society.
The move, confirmed by two well-placed Saudi figures including one close to the Royal Court, comes amid growing international scrutiny over women’s rights in the country after several young Saudi women fled the kingdom in recent months to escape family control or an overbearing government, seeking asylum abroad.
Women of any age and men under 21 currently need a guardian’s permission for international travel. A government committee has been instructed to reconsider the restrictions and is expected to change the rules to allow men and women to travel without the consent of a designated male family member after they reach 18.
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