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ESL / EFL Lesson Activity on Saudi Woman Driver

A woman in Saudi Arabia is to 10 lashes because she a car in the capital Riayadh. This comes two days after the Saudi King’s historic decision to give women the . Women can vote in elections 2015 but still cannot drive a car. A campaign group called Women2Drive.com is very with the court’s decision. It said: “This is completely unacceptable and certainly …international treaties that Saudi Arabia has .... What is is horrifying and must be immediately.”

Two other women went to for driving. One of them, Najla Hariri, had to a promise not to drive . She has to go back to court for her in one month. A Women2Drive spokeswoman said: “There is no written that bans women from , so how can women drivers be []?” The campaign group wants to more women to drive. They say more than 1,500 women the “learn” box on a survey the campaigners sent around by email. More women are demanding their to drive.