Saudi Arabia To Allow Women To Drive For The First Time

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says it will allow women to drive for the first time in the ultra-conservative kingdom.
The kingdom, which announced the change on Tuesday, was the only the country in the world to bar women from driving and for years had garnered negative publicity internationally for detaining women who defied the ban.
Women’s rights activists since the 1990s have been pushing for the right to drive, saying it represents their larger struggle for equal right