Saudi Arabia reverses longstanding ban on women driving
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The longstanding policy had been widely criticized worldwide. In recent years it became seen as a human rights violation, as women began to get behind the wheel as a form of protest.
Saudi Arabia was the only country in the world where a woman could go to jail for driving, before the new policy.
The New York Times' Ben Hubbard highlighted the various ways Saudi Arabia has tried to justify the ban:
"Some said that it was inappropriate in Saudi culture for women to drive, or that male drivers would not know how to handle women in cars next to them. Others argued that allowing women to drive would lead to promiscuity and the collapse of the Saudi family. One cleric claimed - with no evidence - that driving harmed women's ovaries."
The new rule will not take effect immediately.
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