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A Saudi woman who dared to drive - Manal al-Sharif

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Saudi Arabia announced in September 2017 that it would allow women to drive, ending a longstanding policy that has become a global symbol of the oppression of women in the ultraconservative kingdom. Meet one of the brave activists who made this happen.

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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

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female and male should be treated equally. Women are able to do exact same of what men are capable of. Both genders have certain strengths making them able to work to eachothers needs.