First women elected to office in Saudi Arabia - CNN.com - 0 views
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At least 17 women have been elected to public office in Saudi Arabia
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Despite the new rights extended to women, critics have said restrictions made it hard on women who wanted to run for office and vote.
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Female candidates also were barred from speaking to male voters and required to segregate campaign offices, the organization said.
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n the end, 979 women candidates and 130,637 women voters registered to participate in the election, according to Saudi election officials. A total of 5,938 men ran for the local offices
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The move to allow women to vote has been described as a step forward for equality in the male-dominated kingdom.
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informal system of male guardianship over women that requires women be accompanied by a male guardian to travel or go to school.
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Two years later, he ordered that at least 20% of seats in the Consultative Council be set aside for women.
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The number of women in the Saudi workforce also has been increasing, from 23,000 in 2004 to more than 400,000 in 2015, according to the government.