On Sunday, the Saudi government announced they would start notifying women if their husbands filed for divorce via text message, which activists call “technological progress” rather than real progress.
ADVERTISEMENTSaudi women will now be notified of divorce via text message under a new law that is meant to “protect” women, said a statement by the Saudi Ministry of Justice.
The new law, which came into effect on Sunday, is supposed to stop husbands ending marriages without telling their wives.
“Saudi courts have started to send such (divorce) notifications … a step aimed at protecting the rights of female clients,” the Saudi Ministry of Justice said in a statement on their website.
Women will be able to check their marital status on the ministry’s website and look at details of any probate certificates.
This comes after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman “lifted” the ban on women driving last year.
‘A technical measure rather than a law’
But Rothna Begum, a senior…
