Many women across the Middle East and North Africa are not free to go where they want. A new report from Human Rights Watch looks at 20 countries where women’s movement is restricted. In some countries, women need their husband’s permission to get a passport, or to travel with her own children, in others even leaving the home requires the a man’s consent. In Yemen, authorities don’t allow women to travel abroad without a man.

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