Saudi Women Plan to Hit Roads in New Push for Right to Drive
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A group of Saudi Arabian women plan a protest tomorrow defying the world’s only ban on female drivers.
Organizers are urging women across the country to take to the roads. The group, named the “26th October Women’s Driving Campaign,” called on the government to provide “a valid and legal justification” for maintaining the ban, and “not simply defer to social consensus,” according to its website. More than 16,000 people signed an online petition in support.