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In 1990, dozens of women in Riyadh drove their cars in protest, were imprisoned for one day, had their passports confiscated, and some of them lost their jobs. [16] In September 2007, the Association for the Protection and Defense of Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia , co-founded by Wajeha al-Huwaider [ 17 ] and Fawzia al-Uyyouni, gave a 1,100 ...
According to official figures in 2012, foreign workers filled 66 per cent of jobs in Saudi Arabia, despite an official unemployment rate of 12 per cent amongst Saudis, and expatriates sent, on average, US$18 billion each year, in remittances to their home countries. [8]
On 6 November 1990, 47 Saudi women who had valid licenses issued by other countries drove through the streets of Riyadh to protest the ban on Saudi women drivers. [223] The women were eventually surrounded by curious onlookers, then stopped by traffic police, who took them into custody.
Foreign visitors can rent cars in Saudi Arabia, and both men and women can drive – provided their international driver’s licenses and other paperwork are in order.
On 17 June, about 30 [9] to 50 [11] women drove cars in towns in Saudi Arabia, including Maha al-Qahtani and Eman Nafjan in Riyadh, and other women in Jeddah and Dammam. When she drove for a second time the same day, al-Qahtani was given a ticket for driving without a Saudi Arabian licence. [ 9 ]
The application provides around 280 services for residents of Saudi Arabia [3] including but not limited to making appointments, renewing passports, residents' cards, IDs, driver's licenses and others, [4] and, controversially, enables Saudi men to track the whereabouts of women they control as part of the country's male guardianship system.
On 29 June, to celebrate the anniversary of the June 2011 women's driving campaign launch, a member of the My Right to Dignity women's rights campaign [81] drove her car in Riyadh. She stated that she had driven about 30–40 times in 2011 and that about 100 Saudi women had driven regularly since June 2011.
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