#HRW praises Saudi proposal to lift ban on girls #sports
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/hrw-praises-saudi-proposal-lift-ban-girls-sports
Human Rights Watch welcomed Saturday a recommendation by #Saudi_Arabia's consultative Shura Council to lift the ban on sports in girls’ state schools. On Tuesday, the council recommended that the longstanding ban, relaxed in private schools last year, be ended altogether, state media in the medieval kingdom reported. It is now up to the education ministry to decide whether to lift the ban, as the council is only advisory. read more