Coming to Saudi Arabia: The world's first women-only city
The super-patriarchal Gulf kingdom is creating a female-only city to finally allow a huge percentage of its educated population to work freely
POSTED ON AUGUST 15, 2012, AT 8:03 AM
Women wearing abayas in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: The Persian capital may soon be home to female-only zones that will allow women to work within Islamic guidelines. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa/Corbis
Saudi Arabia has a problem: The Persian Gulf kingdom has an increasingly educated, increasingly unemployed female population and ultraconservative laws and customs that forbid women from mingling, much less working, with men. The Saudis are fashioning an unusual solution, building an industrial city that will allow only women. The female-only zone is scheduled to open in the Eastern Province city of Hofuf next year, with more ladies-only areas to come in Riyadh, the capital. How do these cities-inside-a-city work, and are they good for women? Here's a guide to the first-ever city of women:
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AntwortenLöschenhttp://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/08/15/232445.html
Welcome!
AntwortenLöschenIt looks like a lot of people/media got this wrong.
AntwortenLöschenI would like to live in a all woman city. Ladies night at the local pub would be fun!