Women in Saudi Arabia are now able to join the army as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman continues efforts to modernize the kingdom.
Military positions in the army, air force, navy, missile force and armed medical services will now be open to women.
They will be able to join at any level between soldier and sergeant if they are between 21 and 40 and without a criminal conviction.
Women in Saudi Arabia are now able to join the army as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (pictured) continues efforts to modernize the kingdom
Women must also not marry a non-Saudi citizen and must have a secondary education to be eligible for enrollment.
Jobs have been slowly opening up for women in Saudi Arabia while bin Salman is advocating to improve the country’s image abroad.
His ‘vision 2030’ project hopes to attract foreign investment by updating many of the nation’s ancient practices.
It is now common to see women working as cashiers in shops, waiting tables and working in coffee houses, professions that were until recently banned.
Despite the reforms that allow women to work, drive and travel independently in Saudi Arabia, women’s rights remain a major issue.
But despite the reforms that allow women to work, drive and travel independently, women’s rights remain a major issue amid the recent crackdown on waterfalls. -agreements.
Earlier this month, one of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent political activists was released from prison after serving nearly three years on allegations that sparked international unrest national across the country’s human rights record.
Loujain al-Hathloul, who was pushed to stop banning women driving in Saudi Arabia, was arrested in 2018 and sentenced to nearly six years in prison in December last year under broad law against terrorism.
Saudi activist Loujain Al-Hathloul (left shortly after his release and right in an undated photograph) has been released from prison after more than 1000 days spent in custody
Baroness Helena Kennedy’s human rights lawyer previously wrote in a report that women’s rights activists including Loujain were kissed and sexually assaulted by interrogators in Saudi prisons Arabia.
They were also charged with viewing pornography, threatening rape, hanging from the ceiling, being stabbed and suffering an electrical shock during a ‘painful’ treatment.
Louijain was detained for 1001 days, with time in pre-trial detention and solitary confinement.
She has been charged with crimes such as striving for change, using the internet to cause disorder and pursuing a foreign agenda – allegations that right groups describe as political motivation.
‘Loujain is at home !!!!!!’ her sister Lina al-Hathloul called on Twitter along with a screenshot showing a streaming Loujain hitting a family video call.
Wednesday’s release, earlier than expected, comes as Saudi Arabia opposes a new U.S. review, in which President Joe Biden has vowed to reconsider U.S. engagement. -Saudi and stand up for human rights and democratic principles.
‘I have good news that the Saudi government has released a human rights activist,’ Biden said in a speech at the Pentagon. ‘She was a powerful activist for women’s rights and her release was the right thing to do. ‘
Biden had dubbed Saudi Arabia as a ‘pariah’ on the campaign lawsuit and vowed to back the policy of former President Donald Trump to give the country a ‘blank check’ to follow a disastrous set of policies, including targeting female activists.
She was pushing for a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia and was arrested in 2018 and sentenced to nearly six years in prison in December last year.
The crackdown on women who had pressed for the right to drive came before the kingdom lifted the ban in mid-2018 to symbolize Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s dual strategy.
The ambitious, young prince has tried to portray himself as a liberal reformer while also silencing and retaining activists who had long been pushing for change.
The United Nations welcomed the release of al-Hathloul but the DA suspected Stephane Dujarric ‘it is important that others in her condition, who have been imprisoned for the same reasons, are released will also be released and prosecuted. ‘
Prince Mohammed was cultivating a close relationship with the Trump administration, which members of Congress say protected the nation to a large extent from criticizing its human rights agenda and instead sought to prioritize treaties profitable weapons.