Only a few days separate women in Saudi Arabia from the driver’s seat. The Kingdom is counting down to the lift of an enduring driving ban on women, and one of the most historic developments reshaping its sociocultural dynamics.
Exactly a year ago, on June 11, 2017, Saudi women would see the tides change, rewind and reverse what seemed to be a rather inflexible status quo on their rights and roles.
The countdown to the official ban lift on Saudi female drivers is coming to an end, and with it, the many speculations around its rollout across the Kingdom.
Not long after the Saudi General Department of Traffic issued the first national driver’s licenses for nine Saudi women did the news make headlines of international media, and not without reason; for many Western observers, this development is nothing
In the past two years, the Saudi Ministry of Labor and Social Development rolled out a number of initiatives to grow women’s workforce contribution under the Saudi National Vision 2030 program.
