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Wajeha al-Huwaider (Arabic: وجيهة الحويدر) (born 1962 or 1963) is a
Saudi activist and writer, who pla**** a key role in the anti male-guardianship and...
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official do****ents
without the
permission of a male guardian. In 2006,
Wajeha al-Huwaider, a
leading Saudi feminist and
journalist said "Saudi
women are...
- in 1990 and were
arrested and had
their p****ports confiscated. In 2007,
Wajeha al-Huwaider and
other women petitioned King
Abdullah for the
right to drive...
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organization founded to
provide activism for women's rights. It was
founded by
Wajeha al-Huwaider and
Fawzia Al-Uyyouni, and grew out of a 2007
movement to gain...
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women were
forbidden from
driving motor vehicles. A film of
Saudi woman Wajeha al-Huwaider
driving on
International Women's Day 2008,
which she did in...
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industrial zone, the
artificial island of Palm
Jebel Ali and the
building Al
Wajeha Al
Bahriah (Dubai Waterfront), as well as the
residential area of Dubai...
- policy. '"This is
great news," said
Saudi writer and women's
rights activist Wajeha al-Huwaider. "Women's
voices will
finally be heard. Now it is time to remove...
- women's
rights activist who
helped start a right-to-drive
campaign in 2011.
Wajeha al-Huwaider
filmed al-Sharif
driving a car as part of the campaign. The...
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activities such as
getting a job,
travelling internationally or
getting married.
Wajeha al-Huwaider
deliberately tried to
travel internationally without male guardianship...
- they
usually exercise in
favor of
tribal traditions.
Activists such as
Wajeha al-Huwaider
compared the
condition of
Saudi women in 2007 to slavery. Varying...
