Road to equality: A special report from inside Saudi Arabia where the driving ban on women was lifted last year. It’s a journey towards equality that’s not over for many | jackiefox reports | funded by simoncumbersmf
The mother-of-five in Riyadh has relied for years on the availability of men for a bit of freedom or to simply bring her children to school.
Those women have to wait by their phones for an important SMS, stating they've been accepted for lessons. The waiting list is long and lessons are not cheap.Out of 40,000 that have so far come to the school, more than 22,000 women have passed the driving test. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is the man behind Vision 2030, a plan to eliminate tough restrictions by empowering women and getting them into the workforce.
Like many Saudi women she was educated abroad, and she passionately projects that the media shouldn't just look at the likes of the cinema now becoming available, but the overall culture changes and more acceptance in Saudi Arabia. But there is a cloud of controversy over the Crown Prince's changes. Those women were the face of the driving ban movement, gathering followers and attention worldwide for their powerful voices.
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