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Sports take center stage as Saudi women push for the rights we enjoy
Saudi Arabian girls will be allowed to play sports in private schools for the first time, according to a recent government decision, the latest in a series of small changes aimed at slowly increasing women's rights in the extremely conservative country.
Saudi Arabia's official press agency reported that private girls' schools are now allowed to hold sports activities. Students must adhere to "decent dress codes," according to the Education Ministry's requirements.
The decision makes sports once again a stage for the push to improve women's rights, nearly a year after two female Saudi athletes made an unprecedented appearance at the Olympics. "It's about time," said Aziza Youssef, a professor at King Saud University. "Everything is being held back in Saudi Arabia as far as women's rights are concerned."
The decision, which also orders private girls' schools to provide appropriate places and equipment for sports, is an important step that will likely soon affect public schools and universities, Youssef said. The Saudi government segregates all public schools and universities by gender and also plays a role in private schools, providing textbooks and directors.
Sports for women in Saudi Arabia have been largely a pastime of elites who can afford expensive health club memberships. Health clubs are often attached to hospitals, since women's gyms were closed by the government in 2010.
Saudi Arabia allowed two female athletes to compete in last summer's Olympics only after the International Olympic Committee put intense pressure on the country to end its practice of sending only male athletes to the games. Their participation was not shown on Saudi TV stations.
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