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Taliban Leaders Cross Borders While Afghan Women Can’t Cross Their Doorsteps: 5 Steps to End This Injustice
18 Sep 2025 00:52 GMT
… , closing public spaces, and mandating male guardianship. The U.N. Special Rapporteur … , closing public spaces, and mandating male guardianship. The U.N. Special Rapporteur …
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Saudi activist against male guardianship jailed for 11 years 'terrorism' charges
02 May 2024 11:17 GMT
… for an end to the male guardianship system or in which she …
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Afghan quake: Why are women struggling to get help?
03 Sep 2025 13:56 GMT
… are no official laws about male guardianship in Afghanistan, but the Taliban …
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Houthis impose male 'guardianship' on female aid workers, blocking their activities
24 Mar 2023 19:27 GMT
… control the area, are tightening male guardianship rules.
Reuters reports that the … , Yemen has never actually imposed male guardianship and even today, the practice …
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Male guardianship rules in north Yemen restrict women's aid work
23 Mar 2023 11:43 GMT
… worst humanitarian crises as tightening male guardianship rules by Houthi authorities restrict … , Yemeni law has not imposed male guardianship rules, and authorities in the …
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Yemen: End the male guardianship restriction for releasing women from prisons
25 Jan 2023 13:04 GMT
… be placed in a shelter.
“Male guardianship is a tool of social … discrimination against women by ending male guardianship in law and practice, even …
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Amnesty International to Yemen government, Houthis: 'end male guardianship restriction for releasing women'
27 Jan 2023 00:53 GMT
Amnesty International called, Wednesday, on the internationally-recognised government of Yemen and the Houthi group to release detained women who have completed their prison sentences, "but they do not have a male guardian to release them to", …
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Male guardianship rules in Qatar throttle gender equality, experts say
28 Nov 2022 13:33 GMT
… report into Qatar's male guardianship rules highlights gender inequality in … freedom than men. The controversial male guardianship rules mean that women need … also under controls comparable to male guardianship. Women need their visa sponsor …
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Using students in politics is 'oppression': Baitul Mukarram Khatib
23 Aug 2025 11:03 GMT
… social value. But being under male guardianship is not belittlement -- it … stems from responsibility, not authority.
“Male guardianship is not about exerting power …
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Saudi Arabia scraps male 'guardianship' for female pilgrims to Makkah
13 Oct 2022 12:53 GMT
Women who take part in the Hajj or the Umrah will no longer need to be accompanied by a "mahram”, a Saudi minister said. This ends a contentious situation that saw past announcements unfulfilled. Now women from anywhere in the world can come. …