#IAmMyOwnGuardian: Protesting male guardianship in Saudi Arabia
Society
Anne-Sophie Brändlin
October 9, 2017
Saudi Arabia recently made headlines for finally allowing women to drive. The move was widely hailed as a victory for women's rights. But women's rights activists Moudhi Aljahoni says the situation for women is still dire. She fled her home country to escape oppression and is now speaking out against the male guardian system that treats women as minors, despite receiving death threats.