Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive – The Conservative Circle

Source: The Hill | September 26, 2017 | Rebecca Savransky

Women in Saudi Arabia will be allowed to drive beginning next year.

Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday it will lift its ban and let women drive, according to The New York Times.

Beginning in June 2018, women will be able to get driving licenses, the official Saudi Press Agency reported.

According to The Times, rights groups have long been pushing for women to be allowed to drive.

Women in the past have been put in jail for driving a car.

Earlier this year, Ivanka Trump spoke to a group of women leaders in Saudi Arabia and insisted more needed to be done to improve the country’s treatment of women.

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Consistent September 26, 2017 at 5:04 pm #18927

JUST IN: Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive https://t.co/PtNSAQ5zlI pic.twitter.com/9PNWZBD8lk

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Consistent September 27, 2017 at 10:33 am #18948

Saudi Arabia rolls out new fleet of women-only cars. pic.twitter.com/rK19Ztfojh

— jon gabriel (@exjon) September 26, 2017

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