2011 Saudi Arabian municipal elections: Difference between revisions

 

Saudi Arabian women are organising through the "Baladi" (''My Country'') and Saudi Women's Revolution<ref name="saudi_women_revolution" /> to campaign for women's participation in the election.<ref name="bloom_women">{{cite news | first=Donna | last=Abu-Nasr | pages= | language =| title=Saudi Women Inspired by Fall of Mubarak Step Up Equality Demand | date=2011-03-28 | publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]] | url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-28/saudi-women-inspired-by-revolt-against-mubarak-go-online-to-seek-equality.html |accessdate=2011-04-02 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5xeO2w5aG |archivedate=2011-04-02 |deadurl=no }}</ref> From 23–25 April, women in Jeddah,<ref name="AJE_women2325April" /> Riyadh and [[Dammam]] tried to register as electors. The ''[[Gulf News]]'' said that "strong public opinion ... supporting women's participation in the election process" followed local newspapers' publication of photos of women waiting in queues to register for the election. Fawzia Al Hani, chair of the "Baladi" ''Facebook'' campaign, said that Saudi Arabian law states that women have the right to vote and to stand as candidates.<ref name="GulfNews_women2325April" /> <ref name="eurasia_review">{{cite news | first=Rob L. | last=Wagner | pages= | language =| title=Saudi Arabia’s Municipal Elections: Tough Lessons Learned from Islamic Conservatives | date=2011-09-09 | publisher=[[Eurasia Review]] | url=http://www.eurasiareview.com/09092011-saudi-arabia%E2%80%99s-municipal-elections-tough-lessons-learned-from-islamic-conservatives-analysis/ |accessdate=2011-09-25 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5xeO2w5aG |archivedate=2011-04-02 |deadurl=no }}</ref>

 

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