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“Can Saudi Arabia's first anti-domestic violence advert make a difference?”.
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“Can Saudi Arabia's first anti-domestic violence advert make a difference?”
Last month, thousands of people in Saudi Arabia opened up their newspapers to find a full-page picture of a woman with a black eye clearly visible underneath her burqa. Below the image ran the slogan in Arabic, "Some things can't be covered", and a list of phone numbers for local domestic abuse shelters. In a culture that tends to turn a blind eye to the issue of violence towards women, it was a shocking and powerful image. Saudi women are legally reliant on the permission of their male guardians to travel freely, driving is still a socially contentious issue and there are no laws that protect victims of domestic abuse. According to Al Faisal, however, change is in the air. This past year has been a turning point for women's rights in the conservative country. So far, women have been accepted into the government's advisory, given the right to vote, gained entry into a range of new professions and granted permission to have their own IDs without guardian permission.
In Other News Rep. Jason Chaffetz reiterated Tuesday that the impeachment of President Barack Obama is possible as the White House faces scrutiny over its role in responding to the terror attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya. “Look, it's not something I'm seeking,” the Republican congressman from Utah said on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.” “It's not the endgame; it's not what we're playing for. I was simply asked, is that within the realm of possibilities, and I would say ‘yes.’ I'm not willing to take that off the table. But that’s certainly not what we’re striving for.” Just a video for distraction: http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c4#/video/living/2013/04/29/orig-jtb-distraction-squirrel-potato-chips.cnn