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Saudi Women Win Local Council Seats In Historic Elections
At least 19 Saudi women won seats in historic municipal elections that were open to female voters and candidates for the first time here.
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In a Historic First, Saudi Voters Elect 20 Women Candidates
Saudi voters elected 20 women for local government seats, according to results released to The Associated Press on Sunday, a day after women voted and ran in elections for the first time in the country's history.
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In A Historic First, 19 Women Elected In Saudi Arabia Local Polls
At least 19 Saudi women have won seats on local municipal councils a day after women voted and ran in elections for the first time in the country's history, according to initial results released to The Associated Press on Sunday.
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As Saudi Women Vote For the First Time, 9 Things They Still Can't Do
Saudi women vote today for the first time in elections but still face a host of other restrictions, among the tightest in the world.
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Uber Offers Free Lifts to Women Voting for First Time in a Saudi Election
The free service to take women to vote is a joint effort between U.S.-based tech company Uber and Al-Nahda Philanthropic Society for Women, a Saudi women's empowerment group.
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Uber Offers Free Lifts to Women Voting for First Time in a Saudi Arabian Election
Online taxi-hailing service Uber will give Saudi Arabian women lifts to polling stations for free on Saturday to help boost female participation at the first elections in the deeply conservative Islamic kingdom open to female voters.
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Saudi Officials Once Jailed Her For Driving, But She Found Her Way Back On The Ballot
She was jailed for 10 weeks for driving. But Saudi officials will let her run. In a surprise reversal Wednesday, Saudi Arabia lifted its election block on activist-slash-candidate Loujain Hathloul, who gained fame last year by live-streaming her defiance of the kingdom's ban driving for women.
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Saudis hold their last all-male election
Saudi Arabia held its second nationwide vote ever on Thursday, a male-only election for powerless municipal councils. The balloting comes just days after the king decreed that women will be able to participate for the first time in the next local elections in 2015, a measure likely aimed at heading off Arab Spring-style dissent in the kingdom.
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Saudi Women Win Local Council Seats In Historic Elections
At least 19 Saudi women won seats in historic municipal elections that were open to female voters and candidates for the first time here.
-
In a Historic First, Saudi Voters Elect 20 Women Candidates
Saudi voters elected 20 women for local government seats, according to results released to The Associated Press on Sunday, a day after women voted and ran in elections for the first time in the country's history.
-
In A Historic First, 19 Women Elected In Saudi Arabia Local Polls
At least 19 Saudi women have won seats on local municipal councils a day after women voted and ran in elections for the first time in the country's history, according to initial results released to The Associated Press on Sunday.
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As Saudi Women Vote For the First Time, 9 Things They Still Can't Do
Saudi women vote today for the first time in elections but still face a host of other restrictions, among the tightest in the world.
-
Uber Offers Free Lifts to Women Voting for First Time in a Saudi Election
The free service to take women to vote is a joint effort between U.S.-based tech company Uber and Al-Nahda Philanthropic Society for Women, a Saudi women's empowerment group.
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Uber Offers Free Lifts to Women Voting for First Time in a Saudi Arabian Election
Online taxi-hailing service Uber will give Saudi Arabian women lifts to polling stations for free on Saturday to help boost female participation at the first elections in the deeply conservative Islamic kingdom open to female voters.
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Saudi Officials Once Jailed Her For Driving, But She Found Her Way Back On The Ballot
She was jailed for 10 weeks for driving. But Saudi officials will let her run. In a surprise reversal Wednesday, Saudi Arabia lifted its election block on activist-slash-candidate Loujain Hathloul, who gained fame last year by live-streaming her defiance of the kingdom's ban driving for women.
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Saudis hold their last all-male election
Saudi Arabia held its second nationwide vote ever on Thursday, a male-only election for powerless municipal councils. The balloting comes just days after the king decreed that women will be able to participate for the first time in the next local elections in 2015, a measure likely aimed at heading off Arab Spring-style dissent in the kingdom.
