Saudi Arabia Ends <br />Restrictive Travel <br />Policy Towards Women.<br />Under a new regulation <br />issued Wednesday, Saudi women <br />will finally be allowed to <br />apply for passports.<br />In addition, Saudi women <br />at least 21 years-old will also <br />be permitted to travel alone. .<br />The previous Saudi guardianship <br />regulation stipulated that <br />women must travel with <br />a male "guardian.".<br />The change in the country's <br />conservative laws are part of <br />a broader shift in Saudi Arabia.<br />In June of 2018, <br />Saudi women were <br />granted the right to drive.<br />Guardianship laws have <br />restricted Saudi women to <br />conducting simple tasks in the <br />company of a male family member.<br />Saudi laws continue <br />to force women to obtain male <br />consent to leave prison, marry or <br />leave a domestic abuse shelter.
