Women to drive movement
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In this June 22, 2018 photo, a woman tests a car driving simulator at a road safety event for female drivers launched at the Riyadh Park Mall in Saudi Arabia. AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty
Saudi women will also be allowed to drive motorcycles
Saudi Arabian women will be able to drive trucks and motorcycles, officials have said three months after the kingdom announced a historic decision to end a ban on women driving.
Progress at last! Women in Saudi Arabia to be allowed to drive!
Women in Saudi Arabia are to be allowed to drive – ending a law which made the Gulf nation the only country in the world to forbid female drivers.
On Twitter, the news was being celebrated widely.
The change, which will not happen immediately, was announced on state television and in a simultaneous media event in Washington.