Women had been driving the subway since 1936, but Soviet authorities barred them from doing so in the 1980s.

When Kerala’s Telma Jose shifted to Saudi Arabia in 2015, there was one thing she missed the most–freedom to drive. Jose was terribly disappointed as she had become dependent on others for travelling. But today, with the Saudi government lifting the ban on females driving, Jose is overjoyed. Licence story Jose applied for a driving licence as soon […]

Saudi Arabian activist Loujain al-Hathloul was re-arrested at the International Airport in Dammam Saudi Arabia. Hathloul is a human rights activist who was detained after she went against the country’s driving ban on women. She attempted to drive into Saudi Arabia from the UAE on 30 November, 2014, after which she was detained for 73 […]