Saudi Arabia Women Driving License
- All
- News
-
Ten Women Got Saudi Driver's Licenses. Those Who Campaigned Are In Jail
Ten women in Saudi Arabia were issued driver's licenses this week, the first women in decades to be given the paperwork that will allow them to legally drive in the kingdom. The women already had valid licenses from other countries, which allowed them to qualify for Saudi licenses ahead of June 24, when a countrywide ban on women driving will be re...
-
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.
-
Saudi Women Can Drive At Last As Government Handover Licenses
Saudi Arabia on Monday began issuing its first driving licences to women in decades, state media reported.
-
Women Will Be Able To Ride Motorcycles In Saudi Arabia From June 2018
In a major move towards gender equality, the Saubi Arabian government has allowed women to ride motorcycle and drive trucks in the country from June 2018. The Saudi Arabian General Directorate of Traffic made the announcement late last week, three months after King Salman announced that women will be allowed to drive in the country.
-
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
-
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.
-
Ten Women Got Saudi Driver's Licenses. Those Who Campaigned Are In Jail
Ten women in Saudi Arabia were issued driver's licenses this week, the first women in decades to be given the paperwork that will allow them to legally drive in the kingdom. The women already had valid licenses from other countries, which allowed them to qualify for Saudi licenses ahead of June 24, when a countrywide ban on women driving will be re...
-
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.
-
Saudi Women Can Drive At Last As Government Handover Licenses
Saudi Arabia on Monday began issuing its first driving licences to women in decades, state media reported.
-
Women Will Be Able To Ride Motorcycles In Saudi Arabia From June 2018
In a major move towards gender equality, the Saubi Arabian government has allowed women to ride motorcycle and drive trucks in the country from June 2018. The Saudi Arabian General Directorate of Traffic made the announcement late last week, three months after King Salman announced that women will be allowed to drive in the country.
-
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
-
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.
