Despite an exceptional year for Saudi Arabia's social and religious reforms, featuring music festivals throughout the year ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia published new laws early Friday that loosen restrictions on women by allowing any citizen to apply for a passport and travel freely, ending a long-standing ...

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has detained prominent women's rights advocate Hatoon al-Fassi, widening a crackdown that has ensnared more than a dozen activists even as the kingdom lifted a ban on ...

In recent years, Saudi Arabia has introduced a series of legal reforms expanding women’s freedom to travel and handle personal documents, part of the kingdom’s Vision 2030 plan to modernise society ...

The recent New York Times exposé on the suffering of Kenyan domestic workers in Saudi Arabia has once again laid bare a painful truth many of us already know: our women are leaving home, not because ...

Saudi tourism officials know that female safety is something they need to talk more about. Uber’s latest move is a step towards changing perceptions. Uber is launching a new feature in Saudi Arabia ...

Kenya is staking its economy on women like Purity Marangu, who left her family to work in Saudi Arabia. They work as housekeepers, normally a safe job. But many have been assaulted, starved and worse.