Human rights groups and women’s activists in Saudi Arabia have called on the country’s government to scrap a controversial male guardianship law following the announcement that it would lift a ban on female drivers.

A royal decree lifting the kingdom’s ban on female drivers was announced on Tuesday evening. It is expected to come into force next June.

Saudi activists welcomed the move, which Amnesty international called the “a long overdue small step.”

Attention is now turning to the Kingdom’s controversial male guardianship law, which requires every woman to seek permission of a man for a range of things including applying for a passport, travelling abroad, or getting married.