Part I: The long road to women’s rights in Saudi Arabia

Lesson Brief Human Rights Watch
In 2014, Human Rights Watch reported on the long road towards women's rights in Saudi Arabia. The article noted that after four Saudi princesses had been confined to their homes by family members, the Saudi authorities rushed to contain the resulting damage by claiming that they would be issuing an important statement regarding women's rights  before the UN. However, the statement never came and instead the Saudi government stressed the many small steps it has taken to improve women's rights. As of December 2015, Saudi women had been elected to municipal councils; however, women in the country still face many equal rights obstacles. The attached video reports on a campaign to stop violence against women. This set will take you through جميع مناحي الحياة" بالنسبة للنساء Part II Part III Additional Vocabulary:

أميرة

princess فرد ، أفراد

Individual(s)

حق، حقوق

Right(s) عائلة ، عائلات

Family, families

مرأة ، نساء

Woman, women سارع ، يسارع

To hurry

عندما

when هذا الأمر

This matter

في وقت سابق

earlier صحيفة ، صحف

Newspaper(s)

الشهر الجاري

This month بصدد

In the process of

منزل ، منازل

Home(s) في غضون

within

على أيدي

At the hands of بضعة أيام

Several days

لذا في

So in.. حين

When

جنبا إلى جنب

Side by side العديد من

Many of

بدلا من ذلك

Instead of that اتخذ يتخذ

To take

تجاه

towards أشار إلى أن

He indicated

لتحسين

To improve بالنسبة

For

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