In recent years, Saudi Arabia has gradually 'untied' a series of restrictions on women. After being allowed to join the army, enter the ball game and be lifted travel restrictions, Saudi women will get a 'new right' - not to eat separately from men in restaurants.
Previously, Saudi Arabia required that all domestic restaurants should have separate entrances according to gender. However, Reuters reported on the 8th that the Saudi Ministry of urban and Rural Affairs announced on twitter that this provision will no longer be mandatory. However, Reuters quoted a person in charge as saying that this means that restaurant owners can still choose to retain the independent entrance previously set according to gender.
According to ABC, according to the statement issued by the Saudi Ministry of urban and rural affairs on December 8, Saudi restaurants no longer need 'designated private space'. In this regard, the report interprets that 'private space' is' zoning ', which shows that Saudi men and women no longer need to eat separately in the restaurant.
ABC said that Saudi restaurants and cafes have 'family' areas and 'single' areas respectively. " The "family" area is set up for women who go out alone or accompanied by male relatives, while the "single" area is only for men. The report also said that many places have set up separate restaurant entrances for women, and set partition walls or rooms for the 'family' area to prevent single men from seeing women. In some small restaurants without such settings, women are not allowed to enter.
ABC described the new regulations as "the decision to abolish the apartheid of restaurants". Reuters also mentioned that in the past year, with Saudi restaurants, cafes, conference centers and concert halls no longer strictly implementing the apartheid policy, apartheid has quietly decreased.
In recent years, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed, with the support of his father king Salman, has boldly reformed Saudi society, economy and religion and introduced a series of measures to empower women.
In September 2018, Saudi Arabia announced that women were allowed to drive from June 2018. In October of the same year, Saudi Arabia decided to allow women to watch the game in the stadium.
Public opinion believes that with the deepening of Saudi Arabia's comprehensive reform plan, the new regulations will further erode the country's conservative and strict traditional social rules, which is expected to promote 'vision 2030'.
It is reported that in the past, in Saudi restaurants and cafes, including Western Dalian lock stores such as Starbucks, seats were separated according to 'family area' and 'single area'. " The "family area" is set up for women who go out alone or accompanied by male relatives, and the "single area" is only for men.
The report also said that many places have set up separate restaurant entrances for women, and set partition walls or rooms for the 'family' area to prevent single men from seeing women. In some small restaurants without such settings, women are not allowed to enter.
Previously reported: Saudi female driver driving ban into history
It is worth mentioning that on June 24, 2018, Saudi Arabia officially opened female driving, and the world's only female driving ban has become history.
For a long time, Saudi religious authorities have opposed female driving on the grounds that it may cause social problems.
On the same day, a large number of videos of Saudi women receiving driver's licenses from transportation officials were forwarded on social media. Many Saudi netizens expressed their excitement about women getting a driver's license.
Abdullah al mutairi, spokesman of the Saudi public transport authority, said: 'the regulations observed by male drivers in traffic also apply to women. These Provisions include the need for a valid Saudi driver's license and insurance, and must be over the age of 20. "
In addition, the Saudi public transport authority will recruit female drivers in the public transport system, provided that these female drivers need to receive sufficient training in driving vehicles and be able to drive different vehicles, including buses.
He also said: 'the Saudi public transport environment requires qualified female drivers to take on key jobs, such as picking up and seeing off female students and female teachers who are unwilling to drive.'
However, one of the difficulties is that Saudi labor law stipulates that women should not work between sunset and sunrise. For the time being, it is unclear how strict the implementation of this law is and whether drivers also need to strictly abide by it. Alalawi said careem is still waiting for further improvement of relevant regulations and laws.
Deep reading: Little Salman and vision 2030
Young Salman, who has just passed his thirties, has been promoted by his father Salman as a "rocket" in 2015, and has always appeared in Saudi Arabia as an image of determined reform. Since becoming crown prince in June 2017, Salman Jr. has advocated relaxing social constraints and made a series of policy changes.
In 2016, Salman Jr. announced his "vision 2030" and began to implement comprehensive economic and social reform in Saudi Arabia. This ambitious reform plan includes getting rid of oil dependence, realizing economic diversification, improving people's quality of life, establishing a moderate and inclusive Islamic society, and making Saudi Arabia a major international investor.
Salman junior attaches particular importance to promoting women to play a more important role in economic activities. His reform agenda includes many measures to let women get rid of some of their original constraints, which are evaluated by many as "pioneering", such as allowing women to drive, allowing girls in public schools to carry out physical education activities, and allowing women to watch games in stadiums, Allow women to engage in sports and participate in cultural and sports activities such as fashion week, and allow women to stay in hotels and travel abroad alone & hellip& hellip; In October this year, the Saudi government announced that women were allowed to join the army.
About little Salman
Salman Jr. was born in 1985. Son of King Salman.
In January 2015, he was appointed as Minister of defense, director of the general office of the Royal Palace, personal adviser to the king, and chairman of the newly established economic and Development Affairs Committee. In June 2017, he was appointed crown prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of defense. Is one of the highest powers in Saudi Arabia.
On November 4, 2017, he was appointed chairman of the supreme Anti Corruption Commission.
In April 2018, he was honored as the most influential person in the world by time magazine in 2018.