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Saudi women all set to get behind the wheel

It will be a historic day as, after more than 60 years spent stuck in the passenger seat, the Gulf kingdom's 15.1 million women for the first time will legally be able to take to the roads

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Saudi Arabia is all set to allow women take control of the steering wheel from Sunday, making it the last country in the world to lift female driving restrictions. It will be a historic day as after more than 60 years spent stuck in the passenger seat, the Gulf kingdom's 15.1 million women for the first time will legally be able to take to the roads.

Saudi Arabia lifted the driving ban on women in September 2017 as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's "Vision 2030" programme to diversify the economy away from oil and open up Saudi society.

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