Saudi anti male-guardianship campaign
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The anti male-guardianship campaign is an ongoing campaign by Saudi women against the requirement to obtain permission from their male guardian for activities such as getting a job, travelling internationally or getting married.[1] Wajeha al-Huwaider deliberately tried to travel internationally without male guardianship permission in 2009 and encouraged other women to do likewise.[2] Women activists wrote a letter to the Saudi Minister of Labor and brought media attention to the issue in 2011.[3] A 14,000-signature petition was given to royal authorities by Aziza al-Yousef in 2016 following a Human Rights Watch report on male guardianship.[1] A crackdown against the activists took place in mid-May 2018, with 13 arrests as of 22 May 2018[update].[4][5] Several of the women remained in prison as of December 2018[update].[6] Some of the women activists were tortured, including supervision by Saud al-Qahtani, a close advisor of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.[6]