Women in Saudi Arabia can leave the country without a man's permission for the first time in modern history.
A royal decree announced on Friday means women over the age of 21 living in the Middle Eastern country have a string of new rights.
They will be able to apply for passports without the approval of a man, meaning they can travel overseas without prior approval.
Woman in the kingdom can also register births, marriages or divorce.
The country's legal system has long been criticised because of the way it treats women as minors throughout their adult lives.
Until today they needed their husband or father's permission to obtain a passport or leave the country.
In some cases, the woman had to ask her own son's permission to grant her certain travel persmission.
Saudi women fleeing domestic abuse and the guardianship system occasionally drew international attention to their plight.
Dina Ali Lasloom made headlines when she attempted to claim asylum in Australia in an effort to escape guardianship laws.
A Canadian tourist filmed her being confronted by Filipino airport officials at Manila airport.
Despite her repeated claims she would be killed by her family if she was returned to them, her uncles helped bundle her onto a plane back to Riyadh.
It is unclear where she has been since her return to the country, with some sources suggesting she is at a correctional facility in the Saudi capital.
Others fear she is dead.
Prior to today's royal decree, some Saudi women said they had to hack into their father's phones and change the settings on a government app to allow themselves permission to leave the country.
The decrees were published before dawn in the kingdom's official weekly Um al-Qura gazette.
It was not clear if the new rules would take effect immediately.
Other changes issued in the decrees allow women to register a marriage, divorce or child's birth and to be issued official family documents.
