Absher, a government-backed mobile app in Saudi Arabia, has come under sharp criticism amid claims that it reinforces the country’s system of male guardianship — which requires women to seek approval ...

UPDATE: On August 2, 2019, the Saudi government changed its policy. It said that women over the age of 21 will no longer require permission from their male guardians to travel. Saudi Arabia has ...

Saudi Arabia is updating its Absher app to allow citizens and residents to pay for King Fahd Causeway crossings in advance. The General Directorate of Passports, in partnership with the Saudi ...

A recently-released report by the Insider website revealed a Saudi online system that helps male guardians to track and prevent women from travelling outside Saudi Arabia. The application called ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Google has joined Apple in promising to investigate a Saudi app that lets men control women's travel, as pressure from rights groups and ...

RIYADH — The Ministry of Interior’s electronic platform Absher has carried out 41,104,448 electronic transactions for ...

Absher, a government-backed mobile app in Saudi Arabia, has come under sharp criticism amid claims that it reinforces the country’s system of male guardianship — which requires women to seek approval ...