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 ...

Google has said it will not remove the controversial Saudi government app Absher from the Google Play store. U.S. lawmakers have put pressure on Google and Apple, which also provides the app through ...

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 ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon — A Saudi mobile application that lets men track and restrict the movements of women in the kingdom has come under increased scrutiny this week with an American senator and rights ...

The ‘dilemma’ over Absher’s positive fallout isn’t really a problem, given the workaround. Over the past week, Apple and Google have been severely criticised for offering a Saudi Arabian government ...

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 ...

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior’s has issued a warning to users of the Absher electronic platform to be aware of scam messages and fraudsters in the Kingdom. The Absher electronic platform ...

RIYADH — The Ministry of Interior’s electronic platform Absher has carried out 41,104,448 electronic transactions for beneficiaries during the last month of December.A total of 38,495,732 transactions ...

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 ...