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Saudi prepares for the ending of their decades- old female driving ban by training female accident inspectors

Arab world

- June 22, 2018

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's first batch of women car accident inspectors are training to respond to incidents involving female drivers, who will be allowed to drive in the conservative Muslim kingdom starting on Sunday when a decades-old ban ends. Forty women hired by private insurance company Najm attended a celebration

Saudi joins 21st century allows women to drive

- June 6, 2018

(Arab News) RIYADH: Saudi women have spoken of their excitement over the historic lifting of the ban on women driving in the week that the first 10 women in the Kingdom were issued with their driving licenses. Commending the General Directorate of Traffic’s issuing of the first driving licenses, Hind Khalid

After decades long ban, first batch of females in Saudi receive driving licenses

- June 5, 2018

(Arab News) JEDDAH: History is in the making in Saudi Arabia as the General Directorate of Traffic issued first driver’s licenses to 10 women on Monday. The Kingdom is all set to allow women driving in three weeks. An official statement said the 10 women who have issued licenses already held