Saudi Arabia’s women have been granted the right to drive .
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ordered the reform in a royal decree delivered on Tuesday night, requesting that drivers licences be issued to women who wanted them.
The decision comes in the middle of a broad reform program that last week led to women being allowed in a sports stadium for the first time.
This decree is significant to Saudi Arabia which has strictly demarcated gender roles, and severely limits the role of women in public life.
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