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Wednesday 15 October 2008 08:00 - 09:15Women's Human Rights in Saudi Arabia
Wednesday 23 April 2008 13:30 to 14:30
Location
Chatham House, London
Participants
Farida Deif, Researcher, Middle East and North Africa, Women's Rights Division, Human Rights Watch
Discussant: Professor Madawi Al-Rasheed, King's College London
Chair: Rt Hon Ann Clwyd MP, Chair, All Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group
Type: Members event
The speaker will present her research findings from Human Rights Watch's first ever fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia, where she interviewed over a hundred Saudi women from a range of professional and socio-economic backgrounds throughout the country. She will argue that the Saudi government's imposition of male guardianship on women and strictly enforced sex segregation remain the most fundamental obstacles to the realization of women's rights in the Kingdom. Professor Al-Rasheed will comment on the findings.
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