It’s victory at last for campaigners in Saudi Arabia with the new that women in the country will now be granted the right to drive, ditching the age-long Saudi conservatism that had been one of the issues that have kept activists busy in the country. Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that still stops its women from driving.
News coming from the Arab Nation says that King Salman ordered the reform in a royal decree delivered on Tuesday night, requesting that drivers’ licences be issued to women who wanted them. Before now, women in the country needed permission from a legal guardian to get a licence and a guardian in the car when they drive. Whew! What a relief for the husbands in that country who have been running all the errands! Lols
