Women cannot open bank accounts for children, enrol them in school, obtain school files or travel with them without written permission from the child's father.

They cannot drive cars or ride bicycles, but are allowed to fly planes - only if they are driven to the airport by a male guardian or a chauffeur.

A woman can stay in a hotel unaccompanied as long as she shows photo ID to hotel managers, who must then register the information with local police. They are not allowed to appear before a judge without a male representative.

Women aged 45 and over can travel without the permission of a male guardian, however airport officials continue to ask for written permission.

The government's Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (the religious police) monitors and enforces gender segregation in all workplaces, with the exception of hospitals. When the commission discovers unlawful mixing, it is authorised to arrest and charge violators with a criminal offence.

To be eligible for government scholarships to study abroad, the ministry of higher education requires female students to be married and accompanied by their husband or a male guardian.