By: Travis Waldron - @Travis_Waldron
Two years after it sent female athletes to the Olympics for the first time, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia is considering taking an even larger step to benefit women in the country. Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council, an advisory body to the monarchy, recommended last week that the long-existing ban on sports at girls’ state schools should be lifted. The recommendation came a year after Saudi Arabia relaxed its ban on sports at private girls schools.
The Shura Council does not have the authority to make laws, so its recommendations are not definite. But the recommendation itself is a major step for the kingdom, which has long banned girls and women, who must be covered from head-to-toe while in public, from participating in sports.
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