What happened July 13, 1965? It was in France and some people found it shocking, unexpected, unacceptable or even revolutionary ... In France, 13 July 1965, women were allowed to work without the permission of their husbands. Amazing, amazing? Progress is not always as we would like it to be old and in France the progress has not always coupled with the female for years. Why talk about this? Because the MLF 40? Not only. This week the press echoed a revolution in motion ... Saudi Arabia. A
Jeddah supermarket chain PANDA (I liked, the sytle CASINO), will hire women to take ... the fund. Oh it's true that France is fairly standard and that the revolution was more to see men (in cash).
But in a country like Saudi, it's not a revolution but an earthquake warming. Saudi who practice Wahhabism, a puritanical interpretation of Islam, imposes a strict separation of sexes and forbids women to travel, marry or have access to medical services without the presence or permission of a male family. It has also not allowed to drive.
The PANDA spokesman said the chain had remained discreet on the matter because of its sensitive nature. Because this approach is not unanimous: last week, a university professor in Riyadh, Sheikh Youssef al-Ahmad, known for his opposition to coeducation, had called during a talk show for a boycott of the chain Panda to protest against this initiative. The new recruits are 16 and work in one of the chain in Jeddah on the Red Sea, as part of a pilot project. "Women, compared to men, are more workers," said the spokesman of the chain, Tariq Ismail. "If everything goes well, we will implement this program in the rest the kingdom ", provided they obtain permission from the Ministry of Labour, he added. The boxes behind which these women are settled in the supermarket located in a mall in upmarket Roshan, marked" reserved women and families. "
So if women are more workers
:-) Hey, if the changes are similar throughout the ages ... they should not soon be able to drive right?
;-) 
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