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Saudi Arabia - Women Denied Vote in First Saudi Nationwide Elections; Also Note Restrictions on ID Card and Passport for Saudi Women
WHEN Saudi Arabia holds its first nationwide elections, scheduled to begin on February 10 around the capital, Riyadh, most of its university graduates will not take part.Last month the Saudi Government announced that, contrary to earlier indications, women would not be allowed to vote or stand for election to municipal councils that are being touted as the absolute monarchy's first steps towards representative government.The decision comes as a blow to women who - despite holding more university degrees than their male counterparts - remain in effect little more than the property of their husbands or nearest male relative.

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