Saudi women take part in election
November 28, 2005Women in Saudi Arabia have taken part in an election, both as voters and as candidates, for the first time
Seventeen women and 54 men are competing for the 12 seats on the board of the Chamber of Commerce in the Saudi business capital, Jeddah.
Voting takes place over four days - for the female candidates voting was on Saturday and Sunday, while voting for the men is on Monday and Tuesday.
A BBC correspondent says the vote is seen by liberals as a sign of progress.
BBC Middle East analyst Roger Hardy says the election is of great symbolic importance in a conservative country where women’s lives are restricted in many ways.
[Via BBC]
Congratulations!
congratulations! maybe after this they can finally take part in real elections like normal human beings!
this also proves that it’s not haram in Islam for women to be leaders. crazy wahabbis
Comment by Nas — November 28, 2005 @ 5:40 PM
Inshallah, wish they had done that long ago, not after being under external pressures and being afraid of reaping what their hands had sown in the past. it’s women’s right, guaranteed by Islam but only now given to them, what a shame.
Comment by SugarCubes — November 28, 2005 @ 7:47 PM