Forthcoming Olympics is supposed to have Saudi Arabia's female athlete, first ever in the history.
The International Olympic Committee's Women and Sports Commission has requested all member countries to send a female representative.
Saudi The kingdom is likely to send 18-year old equestrienne Dalma Rushdi Malhas, who won a bronze medal in the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympics, marking the first ever Saudi women in an international competition
Saudi Arabia is against marginalizing women, as its ruler declared in last September, when he granted women the right to vote and contest for the first time.
"Women have the right to submit their candidacy for municipal council membership and have the right to take part in submitting candidates in accordance with Sharia