Saudi Arabia’s male guardianship system remains the most significant impediment to women’s rights in the country despite limited reforms over the last decade. Adult women must obtain permission from a male guardian to travel abroad, marry, or be released…

The United Nations General Assembly should immediately suspend Saudi Arabia’s membership rights on the UN Human Rights Council. A two-thirds majority of the General Assembly may suspend the membership rights of any Human Rights Council member engaged in “…

Tweet As told by Gauri van Gulik, researcher and advocate, Women's Rights Division Unlike some of the other women I spoke with, Hamiyet was not injected with poison, thrown from the roof or stabbed by her husband. But her story seemed just as desperate…