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Saudi Women Use Wedding Contracts To Assert Right To Drive
Saudi salesman Majd had just begun his wedding preparations when his fiancee sought to enshrine in their marriage contract a condition already guaranteed by law -- her right to drive.
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Airline Seeks Saudi Women Pilots, Flight Attendants. Nearly 1,000 Apply
In June, Saudi Arabia ended a long-standing ban on women driving cars as Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman seeks to improve women's participation in the workforce.
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After Driving Ban Ends, Saudi Women Taste Thrill Of Speed
Speed-crazed women drivers are bound to turn heads in the deeply conservative desert kingdom, which overturned the world's only ban on female motorists in June as part of a much-hyped liberalisation drive led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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Saudi Arabia's $90 Billion Reason To Allow Women Driving
Allowing Saudi women to drive could help the kingdom reap as much income as selling shares in Saudi Aramco. The move, which went into effect on Sunday, could add as much as $90 billion to economic output by 2030, with the benefits extending beyond that date, according to Bloomberg Economics.
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Viral: As Saudi Women Got Behind The Wheel, Cops Welcomed Them With Roses
Among those who cheered the end of ban on women drivers were some Saudi police officers who handed out roses to the new drivers. Images of the uniformed officers handing out flowers to women drivers began circulating on social media shortly after the ban was lifted.
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"Feel Like A Bird": Saudi Arabia Woman Shares First Drive Experience
Saudi Arabia ended its longstanding ban on women driving on Sunday -- and the second the clock struck midnight, women across the country started their engines.
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As Saudi Ends Ban, Riyadh Erupts In Midnight Cheers For A Woman In A Car
Every few metres someone -- a newlywed couple, a group of young girls with balloons -- stops Samar Almogren to cheer her on or flash her a thumbs-up.
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"We No Longer Need A Man": Saudi Women Driving Ban Ends
Saudi Arabia allowed women to drive from Sunday, overturning the world's only ban on female motorists, a historic reform that is expected to usher in a new era of social mobility.
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Saudi Women Gear Up For New Freedom As Driving Ban Ends Tomorrow
Women will hit the roads in Saudi Arabia on Sunday with the lifting of the world's last ban on female drivers, long seen as an emblem of women's repression in the conservative kingdom.
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Two More Women Activists Arrested In Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has arrested two more women's rights activists, in an "unrelenting crackdown" just days before the kingdom ends a decades-long ban on female motorists, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
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Saudi Women Use Wedding Contracts To Assert Right To Drive
Saudi salesman Majd had just begun his wedding preparations when his fiancee sought to enshrine in their marriage contract a condition already guaranteed by law -- her right to drive.
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Airline Seeks Saudi Women Pilots, Flight Attendants. Nearly 1,000 Apply
In June, Saudi Arabia ended a long-standing ban on women driving cars as Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman seeks to improve women's participation in the workforce.
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After Driving Ban Ends, Saudi Women Taste Thrill Of Speed
Speed-crazed women drivers are bound to turn heads in the deeply conservative desert kingdom, which overturned the world's only ban on female motorists in June as part of a much-hyped liberalisation drive led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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Saudi Arabia's $90 Billion Reason To Allow Women Driving
Allowing Saudi women to drive could help the kingdom reap as much income as selling shares in Saudi Aramco. The move, which went into effect on Sunday, could add as much as $90 billion to economic output by 2030, with the benefits extending beyond that date, according to Bloomberg Economics.
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Viral: As Saudi Women Got Behind The Wheel, Cops Welcomed Them With Roses
Among those who cheered the end of ban on women drivers were some Saudi police officers who handed out roses to the new drivers. Images of the uniformed officers handing out flowers to women drivers began circulating on social media shortly after the ban was lifted.
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"Feel Like A Bird": Saudi Arabia Woman Shares First Drive Experience
Saudi Arabia ended its longstanding ban on women driving on Sunday -- and the second the clock struck midnight, women across the country started their engines.
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As Saudi Ends Ban, Riyadh Erupts In Midnight Cheers For A Woman In A Car
Every few metres someone -- a newlywed couple, a group of young girls with balloons -- stops Samar Almogren to cheer her on or flash her a thumbs-up.
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"We No Longer Need A Man": Saudi Women Driving Ban Ends
Saudi Arabia allowed women to drive from Sunday, overturning the world's only ban on female motorists, a historic reform that is expected to usher in a new era of social mobility.
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Saudi Women Gear Up For New Freedom As Driving Ban Ends Tomorrow
Women will hit the roads in Saudi Arabia on Sunday with the lifting of the world's last ban on female drivers, long seen as an emblem of women's repression in the conservative kingdom.
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Two More Women Activists Arrested In Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has arrested two more women's rights activists, in an "unrelenting crackdown" just days before the kingdom ends a decades-long ban on female motorists, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
