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Saudi Arabia to allow women to watch football matches in stadiums for the first time on Friday

Women from across the vast Gulf kingdom may be able to take advantage of this new freedom as the 1st match will be held in Riyadh, the 2nd in Jeddah and the 3rd in Dammam.

Saudi Arabia to allow women into sports stadiums next year, says authorities

Last month authorities allowed hundreds of women to throng a sports stadium in Riyadh

What Modi’s selfie with the women techies of Riyadh says about his relationship with the oil-rich kingdom

This is the precise reason why selfies clicked by women techies in Riyadh is not an ordinary event. It is to Modi’s credit that the response he received was contrary even to what the Saudi administration believed would result from his visit to the TCS facility.

Three activists stopped from contesting elections as Saudi women launch first vote bid

Hundreds of Saudi women began campaigning for public office Sunday, in a first for women in the conservative Muslim kingdom's slow reform process, even as three activists were disqualified.

On the brink of history: Saudi women to contest and vote in elections for the first time

Segregated from male voters and unable to drive themselves to hustings, Saudi women begin their first-ever election campaign on Sunday, a tentative step towards better representation in the male-dominated kingdom.