Women to drive movement
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| - | The '''Kingdom of Saudi Arabia''' is a country on the [[Arabic Peninsula]]. | ||
| - | It borders [[Iraq]], [[Jordan]], [[Kuwait]], [[Oman]], [[Qatar]], the [[United Arab Emirates]] and [[Yemen]]. | ||
| - | In 2014, Saudi Arabian writer [[Raif Badawi]] was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1000 lashes for 'insulting Islam'. | + | Up until June 2018, [[Saudi Arabia]] was unique in being the only country in the world where women were forbidden to drive motor vehicles. |
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| - | In June 2018, King Salman issued a decree allowing [[women to drive movement|women to drive]], lifting the world's only ban on women drivers. | + | |
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| - | :"Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that effectively bans women from [[driving]]; although there is no written law to that effect, in practice women are hindered from obtaining the locally issued licenses required to drive. The [[religious police]], known as the mutawa, impose many restrictions on women in public in Saudi Arabia. The restrictions include forcing women to sit in separate specially designated family sections in restaurants, to wear an [[abaya]] and to cover their hair." | + | |
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| - | *[[Jamal Khashoggi ]] | + | * [[Anti male-guardianship campaign]] |
| - | *[[Mishaal bint Fahd bin Mohammed Al Saud]] | + | * [[2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests]] |
| - | *[[Canada–Saudi Arabia relations]] | + | * [[Women's rights in Saudi Arabia]] |
| - | *[[Israel–Saudi Arabia relations]] | + | * [[Women in the Arab Spring]] |
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Up until June 2018, Saudi Arabia was unique in being the only country in the world where women were forbidden to drive motor vehicles.
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- Anti male-guardianship campaign
- 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests
- Women's rights in Saudi Arabia
- Women in the Arab Spring
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