Rahaf al-Qunun, the 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her home to seek asylum, said she hoped her story acts as an inspiration for other women looking for independence.
Ms Qunun has now been granted asylum in Canada after fleeing her homeland, alleging she faced persecution and harm from her own family after renouncing Islam.
After barricading herself in a in a Thailand airport hotel to avoid deportation, Ms Qunun made international headlines as she pleaded for help in a bid to stop her deportation back to Saudi Arabia.
Ms Qunun spoke to ABC's Four Corners, in her first interview since her ordeal, and said she felt "born again" after being granted asylum in Canada where she could be an independent woman.
"I felt free and it was like I was born again," she told the ABC, in a preview of the story that will air later this week.
"It was something amazing and I felt overjoyed. There was a lot of love and hospitality especially when the minister welcomed me and told me I was in a safe country and had all my rights."
She said she hoped her story would act as an inspiration for other women in Saudi Arabia oppressed by the guardianship laws.
"I hope my story encourages other women to be brave and free," she said.
"I hope my story prompts a change to the law especially as it has been exposed to the world."
Ms Qunun has now been granted asylum in Canada, after initially making a bid for refugee status in Australia.
On Saturday, she told SBS News she was afraid the Australian visa application process was taking too long and that she'd be deported back to the Middle East.
Ms Alqunun told SBS News she could not wait weeks or months for a decision on her case, saying such a wait time was a "danger to me".
The UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, had raised concerns about Ms Qunun’s security the longer she remained in Bangkok - leading her to be taken to the Canadian embassy on Friday where her visa was processed within several hours.
