Absher (administration application)
| Absher | |
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| Basic data
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| developer | State Information Center |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| Current version | 2.6 |
| operating system | Android , iOS , web application |
| category | Public administration |
| License | proprietary |
| German speaking | No |
| www.absher.sa | |
Absher is a mobile application from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that makes government administration electronic services available to individuals through the Abshar platform . It is available in Arabic and English. This administration application can be used to carry out administrative interactions, such as paying traffic fines, extending ID cards and reporting on civil status.
A major officially announced purpose is to monitor and manage information about yourself, family members and other roommates. In Saudi Arabia, which gives men the right to make decisions for their entire family and for adult daughters, the app can be used, among other things, to prevent family members from leaving the country legally, for example to apply for asylum in third countries. Men can decide whether and to which countries their wives and other family members may or not, or how many trips are allowed. Legal check-in at the airport or border crossings can be reported by SMS and family members can be monitored. In mid-2019, the lifting of many restrictions on adult family members was announced, including freedom of travel for women with the issue of passports. It is expected that the Absher app will also be adapted to the changed legal situation.
criticism
The app can be used for gender discrimination. Apple and Google allow misogynistic applications that are used as tools for repression and discrimination. Netzpolitik.org puts the Absher application in a row with numerous other apps for monitoring and violating human rights and the like. a. by women.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.alriyadh.com . In: Al Riyadh . (accessed on May 21, 2019).
- ↑ a b c Chris Köver: App Absher: Men monitor women not only in Saudi Arabia. In: netzpolitik.org. February 15, 2019, accessed February 15, 2019 .
- ↑ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sa.gov.moi
- ^ Dunja Ramadan: Freedom, bit by bit. Süddeutsche Zeitung, August 2, 2019
- ^ Nabih Bulos: Women in Saudi Arabia allowed to travel independently. Los Angeles Times, August 2, 2019