From the beginning of this month, women in Saudi Arabia will be informed via text if their husbands are divorcing them.
Prior to this technological update, men could divorce their wives without notifying them. This does little to change the marital law system, as knowledge of the divorce does not ensure the right to alimony or effect custody of children.
This comes after criticism of Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman’s rulings have been deemed as a ‘red herring for archaic Saudi values and practices’.