Saudi Arabia and human rights.

In Saudi Arabia, every woman has to have a male guardian, usually a husband or father, who makes critical decisions on her behalf.

She cannot get married, divorced, travel, get a job or an education without a man’s permission.

In many cases she cannot even get routine medical procedures without express consent from her guardian.

A new report from Human Rights Watch says women in Saudi are treated like children, and that government policy towards them results in daily abuses of their basic human rights.