Issues with the transfer of sponsorship of children of widowed or divorced non-Saudi women will end soon, said spokesman of the National Society for Human Rights Ibrahim Al-Shiddi.

He said the issue has been under scrutiny with the Ministry of Interior, represented by the Passports Department. “We are always exploring ways to address every case that comes to our hand. This specific issue will link the legal framework with the family’s conditions and circumstances,” he confirmed.

He added that the main concern of the society is helping women in every possible way. “We realize that the Passports Department was very busy with the Haj issues, but communications between the two sides never stopped,” he pointed out.

A delegation of the society in Madinah recently visited the city’s Passport Department to discuss the rights of the widowed or divorced non-Saudi women to transfer the sponsorship of their children.

Sharaf Al-Qurafi, general supervisor of the society’s branch in Madinah, said the delegation discussed the issue within compliance with the decision No. 406.

She appreciated the good response of the general director of the Passport Department. She called on all the parties concerned to step up the procedures that ensure the civil, economic, social and political rights of women, and give them these rights in view of the progress in this regard under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.