First Batch Of Saudi Women Receive Driving Licences

Esraa Albuti, an executive director at Ernst & Young, shows her driving license issued by the General Department of Traffic in Riyadh on Monday. (Saudi Information Ministry photo via AP)

Saudi Arabia has finally started issuing driving licences to allow women to drive cars.

The Arab nation has issued its first driving licenses to 10 women, as the kingdom prepares to lift the world’s only ban on female drivers in three weeks’ time. Officials expect another 2,000 women to seek licences in the coming week.

A government statement said the 10 women given licences already held driving licences from other countries, including the US, UK, Lebanon, and Canada. They took a brief driving exam and eye test before being issued with the licences at the traffic department in the capital, Riyadh.

On June 24th, the Kingdom is due to end the world’s only ban on women drivers.





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