Stalemate on "Mahram" condition continues

Saudi Arabia

 

Najah Alosaimi

Arab News(07/28/2008)

 

 

A clash between the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education and the saudi Human Rights Commission over the issue of requiring female students receiving scholarships to go to foreign countries to have a mahram, guardian, to travel with them. The added expense and layers of complication make it impossible for many women to accept these Saudi government scholarships. The Human Rights Commission in saudi arabia is asking the Council of Ministers to instead permit guardians to issue letters granting the women permission to travel and live abroad. The Ministry of Higher Education is sticking to its guns in requiring the physical presence of a mahram, acting , in fear of social backlash and condemnation for putting the women at moral risk. The Human Rights Commission, conversely, sees the women as adults and capable of leading their lives according to the moral values in which they were raised. The ministry current rules regarding the necessity of bringing a male as a provision for women to study abroad conflicts with Article 26, from Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which provides that everyone has the right to education. The ministry confiscate scholarships  between the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education and the saudi Human Rights Commission over the issue of requiring female students receiving scholarships to go to foreign countries to have a mahram, guardian, to travel with them. The added expense and layers of complication make it impossible for many women to accept these Saudi government scholarships. The Human Rights Commission in saudi arabia is asking the Council of Ministers to instead permit guardians to issue letters granting the women permission to travel and live abroad. The Ministry of Higher Education is sticking to its guns in requiring the physical presence of a mahram, acting , in fear of social backlash and condemnation for putting the women at moral risk. The Human Rights Commission, conversely, sees the women as adults and capable of leading their lives according to the moral values in which they were raised. The ministry current rules regarding the necessity of bringing a male as a provision for women to study abroad conflicts with Article 26, from Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which provides that everyone has the right to education. The ministry confiscate scholarships

 

  nb/  it is an old article but i find it very interesting .

 

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