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Arabia
Saudi women given right to vote by King Abdullah
2011-09-25
Saudi King Abdullah has given the kingdom's women the right to vote for first time in nationwide local elections, due in 2015.
What we in the West don't appreciate is that the '2015' is on the Islamic calendar, not the Christian one...
The king said in an annual speech on Sunday before his advisory assembly, or Shura Council, that Saudi women will be able to run and cast ballots in the 2015 municipal elections. Abdullah says women will also be appointed to "join the all-male" Shura Council.

Saudi Arabia held its first-ever municipal elections in 2005.

The kingdom will hold its next municipal elections on Thursday, but women are not able to vote or run at this time.

Women rights activists have long fought to gain the right to vote in the kingdom that applies a strict version of Sunni Islam and bans women from driving or travelling without the consent of a male guardian.
Posted by:tipper

#5  I like to hearken back to the 19th Amendment, which was pushed through by Republican majorities in both houses of congress, though it had been twice defeated in the previous Democrat congress.

The Woodrow Wilson supported it, the Democrats in congress fought it both with killer amendments and filibustering. In the senate, more Democrats voted "no" or abstained than those that voted "yes." 70 Democrats in the House voted against it, so it passed by just one vote.

So, let's see. Republicans gave women the right to vote, against Democrat opposition, but are "anti-woman"; and Republicans ended slavery and pushed through the Civil Rights Act, despite desperate Democrat opposition, but are "racist".
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-09-25 15:07  

#4  They have the right to vote for the Soddy king as often as they like.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2011-09-25 14:28  

#3  Rights cannot be given. Anyway, what's there to vote for in Saudia?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-09-25 14:14  

#2  Headline change:

King Abdullah to stop denying women's right to vote years into the future.

Rights cannot be given or taken only respected or denied.
Posted by: rammer   2011-09-25 12:57  

#1  Much as I normally hate the term 'progress'. This is.
Posted by: phil_b   2011-09-25 11:58  

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