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Can Saudi Arabia's first anti-domestic violence
advert make a difference?
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Last month, thousands of people in Saudi Arabia
opened up their newspapers to find a full-page
picture of a woman with a black eye clearly
visible underneath her burqa. Below the image ran
the slogan in Arabic, "Some things can't be
covered", and a list of phone numbers for local
domestic abuse shelters. In a culture that tends
to turn a blind eye to the issue of violence
towards women, it was a shocking and powerful
image. Saudi women are legally reliant on the
permission of their male guardians to travel
freely, driving is still a socially contentious
issue and there are no laws that protect victims
of domestic abuse. According to Al Faisal,
however, change is in the air. This past year has
been a turning point for women's rights in the
conservative country. So far, women have been
accepted into the government's advisory, given
the right to vote, gained entry into a range of
new professions and granted permission to have
their own IDs without guardian permission.
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