Saudi women are going to college, running for office and changing the conservative country

Mar 28, 2019

Saudi students stand at the exhibition to guide job seekers at Glowork Women's Career Fair in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 2, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser - RC1592E444A0

Saudi Arabia's guardianship system makes it a difficult place to be a woman. Image: REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

Alainna Liloia

Graduate Associate, University of Arizona

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