Women Driving Case Study

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Overturn the regulation on women driving: Challenges and solutions
Zeyad Danish
Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute

Introduction:
According to Suad Khaled ““We sometimes finish work at 11pm. Taking a taxi at that time could cost us up to SR50 ($13.50). Our night shifts are costing us SR1300 ($347) a month one-way. We still can’t drive, so why aren’t there alternatives that are suitable for everyone?”(Whitaker, 2014).All countries has been allowed both gender men and women to drive a car except Saudi Arabia although they know that women have several rights and should be treated as equally as men. Besides, Saudi Arabia is the only country that regulates the women from driving and all other countries permit it while women gathered together on internet to find out an efficient solution for this issue, some officials are warning them of they might harm their ovaries which will affect their children negatively in the future (Brown, 2013). Besides, many women are striving to drive a car because whether they have a work or dangerous situation, they could easily get suspended and go to jail for a few days as a result of breaking the laws (McVeigh, 2012). Women should not be prohibited from driving cars because they should be treated equally as men. In order to release the ban regulation women have to reach their voices to the high authority’s people, the government has to establish women-only buses, the government the government has to give women who have children a permission to drive and women have to write a petition to the King to overturn the ban regulation.
Background information about women regulation:
All women in Saudi Arabia must have a herdsman in order to continuing their regular live. For instance, ...

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...at must be taken seriously. Women in Saudi Arabia do not have the right to stand behind a wheel because the government has prevented it. Despite it might cause some damage to the women health, the fact that it is important for them to drive in some cases such as emergencies. In order to take their voices seriously women must write a petition to the high positions people to make it legal. Besides, the government should build busses only to serve women in order to not losses their money on taxis or to be exposed to sexual harassment. In addition, make an extreme campaign to fill out the streets and attract all the attention on them. Finally, to reach their voices to the king Abdullah as he can overturn the ban regulation if all other solutions failed. In sum, I believe that the driving issue in Saudi Arabia is not a religious or culture case it is the government case.

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