DUBAI – More than three in five Saudis support a minimum age for marriage for women, according to a survey that comes as nuptials between barely teen girls and men old enough to be their great grandfathers have caught the world’s attention. But 28 percent of 887 respondents in the survey by pollster YouGovSiraj said [...]

A 12-year-old Saudi girl unexpectedly gave up her petition for divorce from an 80-year-old man her father forced her to marry in exchange for a dowry, Saudi media reported Tuesday. Despite support from human rights lawyers and child welfare advocates, the girl and her mother, who originally sought the divorce, withdrew the case Monday in [...]

A group of Saudi women have launched an international campaign against the kingdom’s male guardianship law, on the anniversary of a prominent protest, in which dozens of Saudi women publicly drove their cars through the country’s capital.