Saudi Women

• Canada’s acceptance of teen refugee could spark backlash against Saudi women: experts

  Canada's acceptance of Rahaf Al-Qunun is sparking debate within Saudi Arabia about loosening laws restricting women's freedom, but also a backlash that could initially repress more women, analysts say.

  Canada

  Jan 14, 2019
  
• The hurdles Saudi women runaways face when fleeing danger

  With Saudi women runaways increasingly using social media to amplify their desperate pleas for help, here a look at the obstacles they face.

  World

  Jan 7, 2019
  
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• Saudi woman seeking asylum leaves airport, granted temporary admission in Thailand

  An 18-year-old Saudi woman who was stopped in Bangkok as she was trying to travel to Australia for asylum to escape alleged abuse by her family has left her airport hotel room for temporary admission into Thailand.

  World

  Jan 7, 2019
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• Saudi woman, 18, detained at Thai airport, fears she will be killed if deported home

  Rahaf Al-Qunun said she fears her family will kill her if she is forcibly returned to Saudi Arabia.

  World

  Jan 6, 2019
• Saudi women are protesting strict clothing rules by wearing abayas inside out

  Using the hashtag #InsideOutAbaya, Saudi women are posting photos of themselves denouncing the kingdom's strict clothing rules.

  World

  Nov 18, 2018
• Saudi car dealers gear up for first wave of women drivers

  This Sunday, the kingdom will lift the world’s only ban on women driving.

  World

  Jun 22, 2018
• First Saudi women receive driving licenses amid crackdown

  Saudi Arabia issued its first driver's licenses to 10 women on Monday as the kingdom prepared to lift the world's only ban on women driving in three weeks, but some who campaigned for the right to drive remain under arrest.

  World

  Jun 5, 2018
• Saudi female activists arrested, barred from accessing lawyers: sources

  People familiar with the arrests say the activists were allowed just one phone call to worried relatives a week ago.

  World

  May 22, 2018
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• Saudi women will be allowed to drive motorcycles, trucks along with cars

  In September, King Salman issued a decree ordering an end by next year to the kingdom's ban on women drivers.

  World

  Dec 18, 2017
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• Saudi women permitted to attend bike stunt event

  In the latest step toward easing rules on gender segregation, women in Saudi Arabia were permitted to attend a bike stunt event at the King Fahad Stadium in Riyadh.

  Entertainment

  Nov 7, 2017