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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Who do you think is more difficult to face: oppressive governments or oppressive societies?
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Vishal Nath
Vishal Nath
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I think facing society is more difficult because the government can change his law and it can be applied to very movement but changing thinking of society takes to long
Jaya Gaur
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It's difficult to face oppressive societies because when you fight a government you need to fight with its rules and regulations or say oppressive measures but when you fight with a society, you have to fight with mentality, sentiments, deep rooted tradition or beliefs.
HONEY GARDHARIA
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I think that its difficult to face the oppressive society because it takes a lot of efforts and time to change the mindset of a huge group of people having the same mentality.
Johan Gómez Martínez
Johan Gómez Martínez
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For me is very stupid because the woman has a power of change the worl
Tareq Bahbouh
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Facing the society oppression is way more difficult , it need at least one generation to be educated to change its mentality ( traditions and costumes) , then the government's oppression will be decreased as a result of that.
Edgar Salinas
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to oppressive governments so it maintains control and tries to oppress any manifestation or complaint of society
