Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday, that she will now allow women to drive for the first time from next June.

Saudi Arabia was the only country in the world to ban women from driving, and it was seen globally as a symbol of repression in the Gulf Kingdom.

Conservative clerics in Saudi Arabia, ruled according to Islamic sharia law have long opposed lifting the ban, arguing it would lead to promiscuity. One of them even claimed that driving would harm women's ovaries.

However, King Salman's decree, which takes effect next June is part of an ambitious reform push that runs the risk of a backlash from religious hardliners.

The announcement on Tuesday follows decades of resistance from female activists, many of whom were jailed for...

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