Saudi women to be notified of divorce by text message

Women in Saudi Arabia will be notified via text message when they get divorced, under a new regulation.

Women at a shopping mall in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Source: AAP

Saudi courts will notify women by text message when they get divorced, in a new regulation that took effect on Sunday, officials said.

The measure approved by the justice ministry appears aimed at curbing seemingly rampant cases of men secretly ending marriages without informing their wives.

"Women... will be notified of any changes to their marital status via text message," the justice ministry said in a statement carried by state-run Al-Ekhbariya news channel and other local media.

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