They said they wrote to the ministry a month ago and are now preparing to take their campaign to the very top.

“We requested that the ministry only confirms they have received our demands,” said campaign spokesperson Alia Banaja, adding that a two-week deadline given to the ministry is over and the campaign would contact either Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah or Crown Prince Naif.

In the letter the campaigners stated the king had granted Saudi women many rights in his latest historical speech.

“Women’s role is not to be marginalized in all aspects of the social life, according to the King’s directives,” said Banaja, adding she now had the chance to be a member of the Shoura Council, run for elections and vote in the municipality councils.

The 8th article of the Saudi constitution, the letter stated, stressed that “equality, justice and consent are the bases for ruling,” confirming women’s equality.

The campaigners stated in their letter their desire to accomplish great things by enabling women to enter the economic and professional domains.

“For women to have the chance to work in the profession of her choice, obstacles must be eliminated out of her way,” said Banaja.

A legal guardian’ approval is compulsory for a woman’s job application, and his power to potentially stop her from working is what irks the campaigners.

The definition of guardianship in this particular rule, the letter states, was misused, as it is mandatory for young children and adolescents and not adult women.

Guardianship should not be applied on other aspects of women’s life as it is against the legal understanding of Islam’s teachings which granted humanity, and women specifically, the freedom of choice in education, jobs and other aspects of life, the letter added.

The letter requested the minister to review the issue and scrap all conditions and restrictions that demean women and denies them their rights.

“We gave the ministry until the period between Oct. 18-29 to confirm they had at least received the letter,” said Banaja, indicating the ministry did not respond at all.

The women campaigners are still publicizing the campaign in the media.

“We were hoping that the whole issue would be solved with the Ministry of Labor, because the Ministry of Commerce helped us scrap the legal representative condition for businesswomen,” added Banaja.