26/09/2011 10:44
Women in Saudi Arabia allowed to vote since 2015
Women in Saudi Arabia will be given the right to vote and run in future municipal elections, and will be appointed to the all-male Shura advisory council, King Abdullah announced today, the ABC news reports.
Women will not be allowed to vote in municipal elections this Thursday, but will be able to in the following municipal elections in 2015. Women will be appointed to the Shura Council, an advisory body established in 1993 that is selected by the monarch, starting with its next term, the king said.
Abdullah made the announcement today during his annual speech at the opening of the new term of the Shura Council.