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"Look, A Woman Driver!": After Lifting Ban, Saudis Tackle Sexist Backlash
Long relegated to the back seat, Saudi women celebrated taking the wheel for the first time this week in a much-awaited rite of passage, but one crucial hurdle remains -- the attitude of men.
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Ten Women Got Saudi Driver's Licenses. Those Who Campaigned Are In Jail
Ten women in Saudi Arabia were issued driver's licenses this week, the first women in decades to be given the paperwork that will allow them to legally drive in the kingdom. The women already had valid licenses from other countries, which allowed them to qualify for Saudi licenses ahead of June 24, when a countrywide ban on women driving will be re...
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Saudi Arabia Releases 8 People Held In Activist Crackdown
Saudi Arabia has temporarily released eight people accused of communicating with organisations opposed to the kingdom but is holding nine others in detention, state news agency SPA reported on Saturday.
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Saudi Women-Only Showroom Opens In Jeddah
The showroom was opened in a shopping mall in the western Red Sea port city of Jeddah to allow women the freedom to choose their own cars before they hit the road.
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Saudi Arabia Gets Its First Women-Only Car Showroom
A Saudi private company on Thursday opened the first car showroom for women only just five months before a decision allowing females to drive takes effect.
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Women Will Be Able To Ride Motorcycles In Saudi Arabia From June 2018
In a major move towards gender equality, the Saubi Arabian government has allowed women to ride motorcycle and drive trucks in the country from June 2018. The Saudi Arabian General Directorate of Traffic made the announcement late last week, three months after King Salman announced that women will be allowed to drive in the country.
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Saudi Woman Booked For Driving Before Lifting Of Ban
Saudi police have penalised a woman filmed driving a car, a spokesman said on Monday, warning against violations of a ban on female drivers set to be lifted next June.
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Saudi Women Can Drive At Last But Some Say Price Is Silence
Saudi Arabian women were given the right to drive last week after nearly three decades of campaigning, but some activists say that breakthrough has come with a price: their silence
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Saudi Authorities Pursue Twitter User Over Women's Driving Threat
Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor issued an arrest warrant on Saturday for a Twitter user who called for anyone who supports women driving to be killed, days after a royal decree ended a long-time ban on women taking the wheel
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Saudi Minister Gives This Reason In Praise Of Women Drivers
Saudi Arabia's lifting of a much criticised ban on women drivers will reduce the number of car crashes in a country with one of the world's worst traffic-related death rates, its interior minister said on Thursday
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Saudi Arabia Lifts Ban On Women Driving
For more than 25 years, women activists have campaigned to be allowed to drive, defiantly taking to the road, petitioning the king and posting videos of themselves behind the wheel on social media.
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Here's How Women In Saudi Arabia Reacted To News That They'll Finally Be Allowed To Drive
In 1990, Madeha al Ajroush and 46 other women did something revolutionary. The group dismissed their drivers and got behind the wheels of cars in downtown Riyadh. "We just drove the car," she told NPR years later. "It was exhilarating. It was great."
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Saudi Government Says It Will Allow Women To Drive
Women in Saudi Arabia will be permitted to drive in the kingdom, according to a royal decree issued in Riyadh on Tuesday that overturned one of the most widely criticized restrictions on human rights.
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Saudi King Issues Decree Allowing Women To Drive: State Media
Saudi King Salman on Tuesday ordered that women be allowed to drive cars, ending a conservative tradition seen by rights activists as an emblem of the Islamic kingdom's repression of women.
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Women members of Saudi Shoura Council challenge driving ban
Women members of Saudi Arabia's influential Shoura Council which advises King Abdullah have proposed allowing women to drive, challenging a tradition upheld by the deeply conservative clerical establishment.
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"Look, A Woman Driver!": After Lifting Ban, Saudis Tackle Sexist Backlash
Long relegated to the back seat, Saudi women celebrated taking the wheel for the first time this week in a much-awaited rite of passage, but one crucial hurdle remains -- the attitude of men.
-
Ten Women Got Saudi Driver's Licenses. Those Who Campaigned Are In Jail
Ten women in Saudi Arabia were issued driver's licenses this week, the first women in decades to be given the paperwork that will allow them to legally drive in the kingdom. The women already had valid licenses from other countries, which allowed them to qualify for Saudi licenses ahead of June 24, when a countrywide ban on women driving will be re...
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Saudi Arabia Releases 8 People Held In Activist Crackdown
Saudi Arabia has temporarily released eight people accused of communicating with organisations opposed to the kingdom but is holding nine others in detention, state news agency SPA reported on Saturday.
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Saudi Women-Only Showroom Opens In Jeddah
The showroom was opened in a shopping mall in the western Red Sea port city of Jeddah to allow women the freedom to choose their own cars before they hit the road.
-
Saudi Arabia Gets Its First Women-Only Car Showroom
A Saudi private company on Thursday opened the first car showroom for women only just five months before a decision allowing females to drive takes effect.
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Women Will Be Able To Ride Motorcycles In Saudi Arabia From June 2018
In a major move towards gender equality, the Saubi Arabian government has allowed women to ride motorcycle and drive trucks in the country from June 2018. The Saudi Arabian General Directorate of Traffic made the announcement late last week, three months after King Salman announced that women will be allowed to drive in the country.
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Saudi Woman Booked For Driving Before Lifting Of Ban
Saudi police have penalised a woman filmed driving a car, a spokesman said on Monday, warning against violations of a ban on female drivers set to be lifted next June.
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Saudi Women Can Drive At Last But Some Say Price Is Silence
Saudi Arabian women were given the right to drive last week after nearly three decades of campaigning, but some activists say that breakthrough has come with a price: their silence
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Saudi Authorities Pursue Twitter User Over Women's Driving Threat
Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor issued an arrest warrant on Saturday for a Twitter user who called for anyone who supports women driving to be killed, days after a royal decree ended a long-time ban on women taking the wheel
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Saudi Minister Gives This Reason In Praise Of Women Drivers
Saudi Arabia's lifting of a much criticised ban on women drivers will reduce the number of car crashes in a country with one of the world's worst traffic-related death rates, its interior minister said on Thursday
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Saudi Arabia Lifts Ban On Women Driving
For more than 25 years, women activists have campaigned to be allowed to drive, defiantly taking to the road, petitioning the king and posting videos of themselves behind the wheel on social media.
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Here's How Women In Saudi Arabia Reacted To News That They'll Finally Be Allowed To Drive
In 1990, Madeha al Ajroush and 46 other women did something revolutionary. The group dismissed their drivers and got behind the wheels of cars in downtown Riyadh. "We just drove the car," she told NPR years later. "It was exhilarating. It was great."
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Saudi Government Says It Will Allow Women To Drive
Women in Saudi Arabia will be permitted to drive in the kingdom, according to a royal decree issued in Riyadh on Tuesday that overturned one of the most widely criticized restrictions on human rights.
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Saudi King Issues Decree Allowing Women To Drive: State Media
Saudi King Salman on Tuesday ordered that women be allowed to drive cars, ending a conservative tradition seen by rights activists as an emblem of the Islamic kingdom's repression of women.
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Women members of Saudi Shoura Council challenge driving ban
Women members of Saudi Arabia's influential Shoura Council which advises King Abdullah have proposed allowing women to drive, challenging a tradition upheld by the deeply conservative clerical establishment.
