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Opinion: Saudi Women Have Been So Supportive of Each Other In The Build-Up To Being Able To Drive In The Country And It’s Great
As the big date when women will be allowed to drive arrives, the excitement around can almost not be contained.
The first of Saudi women have already started receiving their driving licenses and thousands more are expected to get them in the coming week
What’s particularly great to see is just how supportive women are being to each other through this historical change.
Not only have they continuously been united with the clap-back towards the misogyny they would sometimes face onlineby people who still believe women shouldn’t drive, they have been exceptionally supportive in supporting each other in so many other ways.
For instance, a hashtag went viral where women who could drive offered to train those who couldn’t for free because of the high costs of getting a license.
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So proud of Esraa Al Buti from EY, one of the first women in Saudi Arabia to get her driving licence. pic.twitter.com/vsaZGDRXNv
— Seshni Samuel (@samuese) June 5, 2018
It’s great to see women support and empower each other and just proves that Saudi women are going to break all the glass ceilings hand in hand.
Let’s continue seeing more of this.
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