Thursday, November 16, 2006

Saudi Women allowed selling underwear – and buying their own

Saudi Arabia is one of the richest country in Middle East, but also famous for its laws and orders inside the country. While i was having a conversation with a friend of mine in Saudi Arabia he gave me a link to visit and drop my views about it. I read it and drop some comments and finally thought of sharing with you guys.

Since April this year women are not longer banned from selling underwear. A new legislation pushed by King Abdullah, allows females to sell women’s underwear. Hitherto, customers for women’s underwear were mostly male. Reason being that the sales person also were males. Even though stores managers are worried that males won’t buy from females, we are still talking here about female underwear, and who is to be the primary customer if not those who will wear it? This can also mean, that women will be allowed to carry their own pocket money.

That’s one small step for a female…

Source: http://saudiarabiawomenrights.blogspot.com



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