The tourist authority for Saudi Arabia is to join international brands as a sponsor for the 2023 Women’s World Cup that starts on 20 July in Auckland
The guardianship law has not been abolished, however, and women still need the consent of a man to get married and obtain certain forms of healthcare. Male guardians can also bring legal action against women for ‘disobedience’ and being absent from home.
Women’s football in the country has seen unequivocal change. A decade ago, Saudi officials were calling for a ban on the hijab in football, which would have prevented observant women from playing the game, and in 2017 women were still banned from attending matches as spectators. Last year, however, Saudi Arabia were supportedin Qatar and the first nationwide league for women in Saudi Arabia was established in 2020.
Saudi hosted and won a four-team tournament this month, which earned the women’s national team their first placing on Fifa’s rankings. The Women’s World Cup hopes to accelerate the growth of the women’s game across the world, with an expanded number of competing nations and a tournament split over two countries for the first time. Fifa announced on Monday it had relocated the opening match in the Australian leg of the tournament to the 83,500-capacity Stadium Australia because of high demand for tickets.
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