Thursday 3 January 2008

MOUSSLIMES CLAIM THEY RESPECT THEIR WOMEN HHHHHHHH

Saudi women petition for right to driveBy Agence France Presse (AFP) Thursday, January 03, 2008
RIYADH: Saudi women activists Wednesday began a fresh effort to get a ban on women drivers lifted in 2008, handing in a new petition to King Abdullah urging him to end the restriction. Signatories of the petition "hope that 2008 will be the year in which Saudi women obtain their natural right to drive a car," the document stated.
Campaigner Fawzia al-Oyouni said the petition is part of a continuing effort to stop the ban in the conservative kingdom.
The petition follows a similar attempt last September signed by more than 1,100 Saudis.
"We hope to send a new petition each time we manage to get 1,000 new signatures," Oyouni said.
In Saudi Arabia, women cannot travel without the written permission of a male guardian.
The petition campaign is the brainchild of Oyouni and three other activists - Wajiha Huwaidar, Ibtihal Mubarak and Haifa Usra - who have formed an association for the protection and defense of women's rights.
A group of 47 women defied the ban on driving in November 1990 by driving through Riyadh in a 15 car convoy. They were swiftly rounded up by police and reprimanded - as were their male guardians. - AFP

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