Saudi Arabia: Campaign to Permit Women to Drive Gears Up Again

Published: September 23, 2007, 11:13 pm

Tags: saudi arabia, women, women s rights

Saudi Women Petition for Right to Drive Challenge Poses Risks in Sole Country Where Only Men May Take the Wheel Faiza Saleh Ambah (Washington Post) For the first time since a demonstration in 1990, a group of Saudi women is campaigning for the right to drive in this conservative kingdom, the only country in the world that prohibits female drivers. After spreading the idea through text messages and e-mails, the group’s leaders said they collected more than 1,100 signatures online and at shopping malls for a petition sent to King Abdullah on Sunday. “We don’t expect an answer right away,” said Wajeha al-Huwaider, 45, an education analyst who co-founded the group. “But we will not stop campaigning until we get the right to drive.”

[ Full article ]

Blog link

Rating: 0

Comments