WOMEN IN SAUDI ARABIA WILL BE
ABLE TO HIT THE ROAD AS
DRIVERS.
THEY HAVE FINALLY BEEN GRANTED
THE RIGHT AFTER DECADES OF
PROTEST.
THEY WERE THE LAST COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD TO BAN WOMEN FROM
DRIVING.
KEVIN RAN JOHN HAS THE
LATEST.REPORTER: DEFIANT
WOMEN HAVE BEEN ILLEGALLY
GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL FOR
YEARS AND SECRETLY POSTING
VIDEOS ONLINE.
AFTER MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF
CAMPAIGNING IN THE
ULTRACONSERVATIVE ISLAMIC
NATION THEY FINALLY WON THE
RIGHT TO DRIVE.
I'M ON CLOUD
NINE.REPORTER: A DEGREE FROM
THE KING WILL ALLOW WOMEN TO
DRIVE IN JUNE, SOD SPOKESWOMAN
CLOSET THE RIGHT DECISION AT
THE RIGHT TIME.
THIS IS ANOTHER STEP IN THE
MARCH TOWARDS PROGRESS.
REPORTER: THE KINGDOMS BAN
WHILE OTHER MUSLIM COUNTRIES
HAVE ALLOWED WOMEN TO DRIVE HAS
ATTRACTED NEGATIVE PUBLICITY
FOR YEARS.
ACTIVISTS MADE VIDEOS, THE
STATE DEPARTMENT SAID THE
DECISION IS A GOOD ONE.
IT'S A GREAT STEP IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
REPORTER: THE GOVERNMENT
APPEARS TO BE EASING
RESTRICTIONS, JUST LAST WEEK
WOMEN WERE ALLOWED INTO THE
NATIONAL SPORTS STADIUM FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
SOME ARE STILL OPPOSED AND
CLAIMANT GOES AGAINST THEIR WAY
OF LIFE. THE KING'S DECREE IS
THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF
REFORMS INCLUDING ALLOWING
WOMEN TO VOTE IN LOCAL
