Saudi women have been imprisoned for life through guardianship

- Hurray, a girl! The garlands can go out, except in Saudi Arabia. There, biscuit with pink mice usually means the beginning of a long agony. Until the grave, women are there...

All important life decisions are taken for them. First by father or brother, then by husband or son. 'It is incredibly humiliating that they need the consent of a male guardian for everything,' says Rothna Begum, researcher of human rights organization Human Rights Watch.