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Women to be allowed to work in lingerie shops

Tuesday 03 January 2012 01:00 GMT
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Louise Thomas

Louise Thomas

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Women in Saudi Arabia have won the right to work in underwear shops. Some female campaigners had questioned the logic of women in the Islamic country having to buy intimate clothing from male sellers. But religious hardliners who opposed the idea of women working in any retail outlet had blocked the change. So starting on Thursday women will be allowed lingerie sales jobs.

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