Saudi Arabia’s women drivers exultantly take the wheel as ban is lifted Dania Alagili drives her car shortly after a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia was lifted. Starting today, women in Saudi Arabia are finally able to drive legally after a long-standing ban was lifted …

Middle East Saudi Arabia: Women take the wheel as driving ban lifted. Saudi Arabia lifted its ban on women driving because of economic necessity, not women's rights. Majdooleen, who is among the first Saudi women allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia, gets ready before she starts to drive her car in her neighbourhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on June 23, 2018. 27 ... an organiser of the Women2Drive campaign who has also been imprisoned for driving, said on Twitter that Saudi Arabia … Mabkhoutah al-Mari drives to work for the first time on June 24, 2018, after the ban on women driving lifted in Saudi Arabia. JEDDAH: Sept. 26, 2017, was a historic day in the Kingdom, as on this day the ban on women driving was lifted through a royal decree. After years of campaigning by women activists, the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia was lifted this weekend. After years of campaigning by women activists, on June 24 the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia will be lifted. 1 of 10. World's only ban on female motorists overturned, in a move that follows arrests of activists calling for right to drive. Saudi Arabia has issued driving licences to women for the first time in decades just weeks before a ban on female drivers is lifted. Saudi Women Can Finally Drive, As Ban Is Lifted Saudi Arabia has lifted its ban on women driving. But behind the celebrations lay larger issues. She took her daughter, mother and sisters out for coffee. Up until June 2018, Saudi Arabia was unique in being the only country in the world where women were forbidden to drive motor vehicles.

On Sunday, Saudi Arabia will end the world's only ban on women drivers. In this June 22, 2018 photo, a woman tests a car driving simulator with her son at a road safety event for female drivers launched at the Riyadh Park Mall in Saudi Arabia. News > World > Middle East Saudi Arabia's driving ban and the pioneering women who got it lifted.

Mabkhoutah al-Mari drives to work for the first time on June 24, 2018, after the ban on women driving lifted in Saudi Arabia. By AYA BATRAWY June 23, 2018 GMT. This weekend (Sunday 24 June) women will be allowed to drive in the country as the controversial driving ban is lifted. As driving ban lifted, Saudi women in crosshairs of change. Saudi Arabia driving ban on women to be lifted.

Saudi women are in the driver’s seat for the first time in their country and steering their way through busy streets after the world’s last remaining ban on women driving was lifted.

A year after Saudi Arabia lifted its ban on female drivers, thousands of women are behind the wheel. Why did Saudi Arabia lift the driving ban on women only now? The reform agenda is being spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Her cake was shaped like a car. Ben Hubbard talks to the protesters who were …

Saudi women hit the road as driving ban is lifted.

(AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) 1 of 10. JEDDAH: Sept. 26, 2017, was a historic day in the Kingdom, as on this day the ban on women driving was lifted through a royal decree.

Saudi Arabia’s decision to allow women to drive is welcome but must now be followed by more reforms to women’s rights, Amnesty International said today. Hiring women is a key part of Saudi Arabia’s ambitious plan to overhaul its economy, known as Vision 2030. On Sunday, Saudi Arabia lifted its ban on women driving. Reham al-Mogbel celebrated her 30th birthday on the same day the driving ban was lifted.