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On November 6, 2009, Saudi women launched the Black Ribbon Campaign, an international campaign against the Saudi male guardianship system. Some women protested by driving their cars through Riyadh, an action which is still illegal for Saudi women.

Led by Wahija Al-Huwaidar, and marking the anniversary of a famous protest in 1990 when 47 Saudi women drove cars through the capital calling for the right to drive, the Black Ribbon Campaign demands that:

A) the Saudi woman be treated as a citizen just like her male counterpart;
B) the Saudi woman enjoy her rights to marry, divorce, inherit, gain custody of children, travel, work, study, drive cars and live on an equal footing with man;
C) the Saudi woman gain the legal capacity to represent herself in official and government agencies without the need of a male guardian.

The campaign calls on women around the world to tie black ribbons on their wrists in peaceful support of the campaign’s motto: “We will not untie our ribbon until Saudi women enjoy their rights as adult citizens.”