https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp NYT article en-us 2016-11-15 22:23:19 UTC 2016-11-15 23:21:36 UTC hello@padlet.com clrodriguez18 https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137931469 2016-11-15 22:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137931469 clrodriguez18 https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137931543 2016-11-15 22:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137931543 clrodriguez18 https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137935614 women in Saudi Arabia will run for public office and vote for the first time]]> 2016-11-15 22:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137935614 clrodriguez18 https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137936452 Nassima al-Sadah, a prominent human rights advocate and a leader of the movement to allow women to drive ]]> 2016-11-15 23:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137936452 clrodriguez18 https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137936970 Nassima al-Sadah “Men have to know that women must sit beside them in every decision-making and that their voices should be heard,”]]> 2016-11-15 23:07:39 UTC https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137936970 clrodriguez18 https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137937659 “It’s a token, a step toward women’s full citizenship,” admitted Dr. Hatoon Alfassi, a university professor and leading women’s rights campaigner from Riyadh]]> 2016-11-15 23:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137937659 clrodriguez18 https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137938147 The government did a poor job informing women about registration procedures and opened too few registration stations. It set up absurd rules for campaigning — female candidates in this gender-segregated society are barred from attending campaign events where men are present and from contacting them on social media.]]> 2016-11-15 23:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137938147 clrodriguez18 https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137938256 The ban on women driving is a big impediment to political participation, as is the need to get permission from a male guardian to travel, work and enroll in school.]]> 2016-11-15 23:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137938256 clrodriguez18 https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137938350 Despite all the barriers and rules, there are impressive examples of personal empowerment. Tasneem Salim and her 20-something friends are passionate and creative about developing and playing computer games. Excluded from an all-male gamers convention in Riyadh because of religious laws segregating men and women, they organized their own convention in 2012, which has been drawing 3,000 female gamers annually.]]> 2016-11-15 23:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137938350 clrodriguez18 https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137938801 They are exceptions in a society where women’s suffrage is still a brand new idea. It’s hard to see how a system that bars women from fully participating economically and politically can be sustained.]]> 2016-11-15 23:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/clrodriguez18/rugnxbgcjdzp/wish/137938801