June 5, 2018 1:36 PM

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Saudi Arabia starts issuing driving licenses to women; ends decades-long ban

<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Saudi Arabia's General Traffic Directorate has issued first driving licenses to 10 women, about ten months after a royal decree was issued to end decades-long ban on driving by women. This will allow women across the Kingdom to drive their cars from the 24th of this month. Saudi Arabia is the only country where women are not allowed to drive. The General Traffic Department has sought to open and operate driving schools dedicated to women. The move is part of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman's liberalisation drive. He had outlined an ambition programme to modernize the Kingdom by 2030.</span></div>''<div class="yj6qo" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>

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