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[[File:22- Public Square (My Trip To Al-Jenadriyah 32).jpg|thumb|Portraits of King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, [[Jenadriyah]]]]
In February 2018, it became legally possible for Saudi women to open their own business without a [[Saudi anti male-guardianship campaign|male's permission]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2018/02/18/Saudi-women-to-start-own-business-without-male-permission.html|title=Saudi women to start own business without male permission|publisher=Al Arabiya|access-date=30 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331104139/http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/gulf/2018/02/18/Saudi-women-to-start-own-business-without-male-permission.html|archive-date=31 March 2018}}</ref> According to the Saudi Information Ministry, {{as of|2018|03|lc=yes}}, mothers in Saudi Arabia became authorised to retain immediate custody of their children after divorce without having to file any lawsuits.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/12/middleeast/saudi-arabia-custody-law-intl/index.html|title=Divorced Saudi women win right to get custody of children|publisher=CNN|access-date=30 March 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322052156/https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/12/middleeast/saudi-arabia-custody-law-intl/index.html|archive-date=22 March 2018}}</ref>
Further cultural developments followed in December 2017 with Saudi Arabia's first public concert by a female singer, and in January 2018 a sports stadium in [[Jeddah]] became the first in the Kingdom to admit women.<ref name="nypost" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Lydia |date=9 December 2017 |title=Saudi Arabia hosts first-ever concert by female performer |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-first-female-performer-concert-hiba-tawaji-womens-rights-middle-east-a8099646.html |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=1 February 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210003739/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-first-female-performer-concert-hiba-tawaji-womens-rights-middle-east-a8099646.html |archive-date=10 February 2018 }}</ref> In April 2018, the first public cinema opened in Saudi Arabia after a ban of 35 years, with plans to have more than 2,000 screens running by 2030.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ellyat |first=Holly |date=18 April 2018 |title=Saudi Arabia brings back movie theaters — and 'staggering' demand is expected |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/18/saudi-arabia-reopens-movie-theaters-with-black-panther.html |publisher=[[CNBC]] |access-date=10 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143906/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/18/saudi-arabia-reopens-movie-theaters-with-black-panther.html |archive-date=12 June 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Reid |first=David |date=11 December 2017 |title=Saudi Arabia to reopen public cinemas for the first time in 35 years |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/11/saudi-arabia-to-open-public-cinemas-for-the-first-time-in-35-years.html |publisher=[[CNBC]] |access-date=1 February 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125174436/https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/11/saudi-arabia-to-open-public-cinemas-for-the-first-time-in-35-years.html |archive-date=25 January 2018 }}</ref>
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