Tag: Wajiha Al-Huwaidar

Women rights in Saudi lag behind other Gulf nations

(AFP) Two years after Wajiha Al-Huwaidar defied a Saudi ban on women driving by posting a video on the Internet showing her cruising in a remote area, she still dreams of getting behind the wheel like her other Gulf sisters. Huwaidar’s brazen act on International Women’s Day 2008 was a symbolic gesture in the ultra-conservative [...]

Saudi Women Launch International Campaign Against Guardianship

A group of Saudi women have launched an international campaign against the kingdom’s male guardianship law, on the anniversary of a prominent protest, in which dozens of Saudi women publicly drove their cars through the country’s capital.



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