Landmark day for Saudi women as kingdom's controversial driving ban ends this sunday

On this sunday Saudi driving ban lifted after 30 years. women are protesting to remove the ban from last 30 years but there hard work pay them now. This can boost country economi too.

<p dir="auto">The move is expected to boost women's employment, and according to a Bloomberg estimate, add $90 billion to economic output by 2030. <p dir="auto">"This is a great achievement," billionaire Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal said as his daughter Reem drove a family SUV, with his granddaughters applauding from the back seat <p dir="auto">Samar Almogren, a talkshow host and writer, said: “I always knew this day would come. But it came fast. Sudden. I feel free like a bird.” <p dir="auto"><img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWN74LHpz2M5Fcgmi3uq7mjuEnkVKGGQKYrEwzTR5ZaM4/4405.jpg" alt="4405.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWN74LHpz2M5Fcgmi3uq7mjuEnkVKGGQKYrEwzTR5ZaM4/4405.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWN74LHpz2M5Fcgmi3uq7mjuEnkVKGGQKYrEwzTR5ZaM4/4405.jpg 2x" /> <p dir="auto">Saudi Arabian Ministry of Interior has received more than 120,000 applications for driving licenses so far. <p dir="auto">Six specialized driving schools have been issued licenses to train women in driving in five cities across the Kingdom. <p dir="auto">Twenty-two centers have been opened in 22 cities and governorates to exchange foreign driving licenses for local ones for Saudi female citizens and residents. <p dir="auto"><img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYKzivd4MX8vFaXEtaj3cu7Lw7kRHqaejS2p1wNtspeTx/1211.jpg" alt="1211.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYKzivd4MX8vFaXEtaj3cu7Lw7kRHqaejS2p1wNtspeTx/1211.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYKzivd4MX8vFaXEtaj3cu7Lw7kRHqaejS2p1wNtspeTx/1211.jpg 2x" /> <p dir="auto">Past protest of wemen ....... <p dir="auto">NOV 1990<br /> 40 women was arrested on this day because they break rule on driving , get jail for one day and passport was taken away by gov. <p dir="auto">SEPT 2007<br /> women activist give a draft sign by 1000 women to king for uplift ban on driving. <p dir="auto">JUNE 2011<br /> Facebook campane 'WOMEN2DRIVE' started. <p dir="auto">OCT 2013<br /> many women share driving <p dir="auto">NOV 2014<br /> 28-year-old Loujain al-Hathloul — also held in 2014 for more than 70 days for attempting to drive from neighbouring United Arab Emirates to Saudi Arabia — and Aziza al-Yousef, a retired professor at Riyadh's King Saud University. <p dir="auto">SEP 2017<br /> King salman allow to drive <p dir="auto">24 june 2018<br /> Finally women got their seat. <p dir="auto"><img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYSZXdDhRKwyae72XCqgBxVg2w8qnjiUNXygVgATJEQTa/q11.jpg" alt="q11.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYSZXdDhRKwyae72XCqgBxVg2w8qnjiUNXygVgATJEQTa/q11.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYSZXdDhRKwyae72XCqgBxVg2w8qnjiUNXygVgATJEQTa/q11.jpg 2x" /> <pre><code> "WOMEN HAVE EQUAL RIGHT"