{"id":6019,"date":"2011-09-20T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.badreputation.org.uk\/?p=6019"},"modified":"2011-09-20T09:00:28","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T08:00:28","slug":"revolting-women-women2drive-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badreputation.org.uk\/2011\/09\/20\/revolting-women-women2drive-in-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Revolting Women: Women2Drive in Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is part of a series on the theme of women and protest. The full series is collected under the tag “Revolting Women”<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

So, this happened<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In case you’ve been on the other side of the moon these past few months, the media’s much-touted Arab Spring<\/a> had an interesting tangent via a discussion in the Saudi\u00a0Council on whether women in Saudi Arabia should be allowed the vote. They eventually decided that yes, they probably should… eventually<\/a>. We wouldn’t want to rush these things. They won’t be able to contest the elections, of course, but least – if King Abdullah considers the recommendations – they may be able to cast a vote in the municipal elections.<\/p>\n

Except that this small pittance of representation didn’t seem to be satisfactory for women in Saudi Arabia<\/a>. So… well, see for yourselves. Here is Manal al-Sharif driving in Saudi Arabia, and discussing what it means for her to do so<\/a>.<\/p>\n