[nasional_list] [ppiindia] End of a Long Quest: Saudi Women Get Their Own Identity at Last

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Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 10:04:26 +0100
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            Wednesday, 4, January, 2006 (04, Dhul Hijjah, 1426)
           
     

      End of a Long Quest: Saudi Women Get Their Own Identity at Last
      Maha Akeel, Arab News 

        
      JEDDAH, 4 January 2006 - It is finally official: A woman can apply for - 
and receive - her personal ID without the consent of her male guardian. Women 
are rushing to get their IDs with many of them being motivated by practical 
reasons rather than simply a desire to proclaim their independence.

      Because of the boom in the stock market, many Saudi women are flocking to 
the Civil Status Administration with their applications - and with the full 
support of their male guardians. A source at the Civil Status Administration 
confirmed that the changes had become official about two weeks ago. In July, 
Arab News reported that a new regulation for issuing women's ID cards had been 
approved and would soon be publicized.

      "A woman can bring a valid passport with her or another woman with a 
valid ID who can verify her identity, her family ID, a letter from her employer 
if she is working and two pictures," said the source at the Civil Status 
Administration. The woman proceeds to the women's section with her documents, 
submits her application and on the same day or a few days later, she returns 
for her ID.

      This is the end of a long road for Saudi women. They were granted the 
right to have their own picture ID four years ago. The application for the ID, 
however, had to be approved by the woman's male guardian. He had to go in 
person to the Civil Status Administration to fill out the application and sign 
a consent form. For many women who have demanded an ID to protect their rights, 
especially in courts and legal procedures, this condition negated the purpose 
of the ID.

      Those who objected to the ID did not approve of having the woman's 
picture on it and did not see the need for it because of the already existing 
family ID. This document has the names of the family members but no pictures.

      For years - and even until now - Saudi courts and legal proceedings 
require that two men, who do not have to be close relatives, bear witness that 
a woman is who she claims to be. This very insufficient and outdated method 
continues to open the door to all kinds of fraud and embezzlement.

      In the end, banks demanded that a woman could open an account only if she 
had a picture ID. If the woman did not have a passport or personal ID card, she 
had to bring a close male relative to the men's branch of the bank and he 
opened the account for her.

      The same applied to women wishing to trade in stocks and shares or 
acquire a stock portfolio. "Every time she wanted to buy or sell, her male 
guardian had to accompany her. That was very inconvenient and impractical and I 
think it pushed many women into getting their own IDs," said Reem Jalaladin of 
the National Commercial Bank.
     


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