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==Women's participation==
{{see also|Women's rights in Saudi Arabia|Women's_suffrage}}
In late March, the [[Council of Ministers of Saudi Arabia|Ministry of Municipal and Rural affairs]] stated that women would not vote in the 2011 elections "because of the kingdom's social customs".<ref name="Star_KSA_municip_2011" /> [[King Saud University]] history lecturer and human rights activist [[Hatoon al-Fassi]] involved in campaigning for women's participation in elections stated that women had decided to create their own municipal councils in parallel to the men-only elections.<ref name="arabiya_womenoutraged">{{cite news | first= | last= | pages= | language =| title=In aim to start casting their votes Saudi women aim to create their own municipal council | date=2011-03 | publisher=[[Al Arabiya]] | url=http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/04/01/143829.html |accessdate=2011-04-02 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5xeNGkicc |archivedate=2011-04-02 |deadurl=no }}</ref> Al-Fassi stated that women creating their own municipal councils or participating in "real elections" were both legal under Saudi law and electoral commission head al-Dahmash agreed with her.<ref name="arabiya_womenoutraged" />
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