Women Driving

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  Taliban Tells Driving Teachers To Stop Issuing Licenses To Women: Report

  Taliban officials in Afghanistan's most progressive city have told driving instructors to stop issuing licences to women, professionals from the sector told AFP.

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  Behind The Wheel, A Year On: Saudi Women Savour New Freedom

  Buckling up in a pearl-silver Lexus, Sabeeha al-Fakher takes the wheel and relegates her son to the passenger seat, a role reversal the 68-year-old Saudi widow never imagined would be possible in her lifetime.

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  After Driving Ban Ends, Saudi Women Now Head To Race Tracks

  Donning a helmet inside a pearl silver sports sedan, Rana Almimoni skids and drifts around a Riyadh park, engine roaring, tyres screeching and clouds of dust billowing from the back.

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  'Because I Can': Ride-Hailing App Welcomes Saudi Women Drivers

  Reem Farahat waited for a ride request. Her phone pinged. "I've already cried twice," she said, heading out to work as one of Saudi Arabia's first female drivers for Careem.

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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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  First Saudi Women Get Driving Licenses

  Authorities started swapping international licenses for Saudi ones in multiple locations across the kingdom, with women applicants made to undergo a practical test.

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  In Harsh Saudi Crackdown, Famous Feminists Are Branded As 'Traitors'

  Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has cast himself as a reformer, advocating equality for women and granting them the right to drive.

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  'Your Mustang Awaits': Ford's Sweet Surprise For Saudi Woman Activist

  Ford has decided to present a Saudi Arabian activist with her dream car, after a landmark decree allowing women to drive for the first time in the ultra-conservative kingdom's history.

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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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  After Saudi Lifts Ban, University To Open Driving School For Women

  A university in Saudi Arabia has said it will open a driving school for women, in a first for the ultra-conservative country after a ban on women driving was lifted.

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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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  Moving Fast and Breaking Things, Saudi Prince Tests Public

  The real weight of public opinion in Saudi Arabia lies among its young people, an internet generation eager for social change. Or at least, so says one member of that cohort.

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  Saudi Women To Be Allowed To Drive From Age 18, Same As Men

  Saudi women will be allowed to drive from the age of 18, a government spokesman said on Thursday, partially allaying speculation they could still face tighter controls than men when finally allowed behind the wheel.

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  Saudi Woman Who Fought For Right To Drive Eyes Next Battle

  A Saudi Arabian woman jailed for daring to get behind the wheel was overjoyed on Wednesday with the "historic" news that women will be free to drive cars in her conservative homeland, but said a male guardianship system is still repressing women.

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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.