{"id":84465,"date":"2019-10-22T11:44:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T11:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=84465"},"modified":"2019-10-22T11:44:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T11:44:03","slug":"saudi-arabia-rules-woman-can-join-armed-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/saudi-arabia-rules-woman-can-join-armed-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia Rules Woman Can Join Armed Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<strong>Question: Which of the following countries has recently announced that women can join armed forces? <\/strong>\n<br>(a)\tSaudi Arabia \n<br>(b)\tSudan\n<br>(c)\tVietnam\n<br>(d)\tPakistan\n<strong><br>Answer: (a)\n<br>Related facts:<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Saudi\nArabia announced it will allow women in the kingdom to serve in the armed\nforces as it embarks on a broad programme of economic and social reforms.<strong><\/strong><\/li><li>This move is the latest in a series of measures aimed by\ncountry towards women empowerment and increasing the rights of women in\nkingdom, even as rights groups accuse Saudi Arabia of cracking down on women\nactivists.<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2662621974\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<li>&nbsp;Last year, Saudi\nArabia authorised women to join its security forces.<strong><\/strong><\/li><li>Saudi Arabia which is the world\u2019s largest crude exporter is now\npushing to improve its image and attract tourists as part of a plan to\ndiversify its economy away from oil.<\/li><li>Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom\u2019s de facto ruler,\nhas also approved a handful of reforms aimed at widening women\u2019s rights. This\nincludes allowing women to drive and to travel abroad without consent from a\nmale \u2018guardian\u2019. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/saudi-arabia-rules-women-can-join-armed-forces\/article29632151.ece\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/saudi-arabia-rules-women-can-join-armed-forces\/article29632151.ece<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/world\/saudi-arabia-rules-women-can-join-armed-forces-2339905.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.news18.com\/news\/world\/saudi-arabia-rules-women-can-join-armed-forces-2339905.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Which of the following countries has recently announced that women can join armed forces? (a) Saudi Arabia (b) Sudan (c) Vietnam (d) Pakistan Answer: (a) Related facts: Saudi Arabia announced it will allow women in the kingdom to serve in the armed forces as it embarks on a broad programme of economic and social [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[2520],"class_list":["post-84465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-en","tag-current-affairs-international-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}