Trapped: How Male Guardianship Policies Restrict Women's Travel and Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa

The 119-page report, “Trapped: How Male Guardianship Policies Restrict Women’s Travel and Mobility in the Middle East and North Africa,” says that although women’s rights activists have succeeded in securing women’s increased freedom in many countries in the region, old and new restrictions require women to seek permission from their male guardian – typically their father, brother, or husband – to move within their country, obtain a passport, or travel abroad. Human Rights Watch also found that in a number of countries, women cannot travel abroad with their children on an equal basis with men.

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Megaphone ميغافون‎ on Instagram: A Human Rights Watch report released today concluded that several countries in the Middle East and North Africa continue to restrict or prevent women from moving freely