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Saudi Arabi has seen an expansion in women’s rights including a decision to allow women the right to drive

Saudi Arabi has seen an expansion in women’s rights including a decision to allow women the right to drive Source: AAP

Saudi Arabia is to allow women to drive from next June in an historic decision. The ban on women driving has been widely seen as a symbol of repression of women in the ultra-conservative Kingdom, the last country in the world to permit women behind the wheel.

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Saudi Arabia is to allow women to drive from next June in an historic decision. The ban on women driving has been widely seen as a symbol of repression of women in the ultra-conservative Kingdom, the last country in the world to permit women behind the wheel.

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