Women in Saudi Arabia now own 45% of small- and medium-size businesses. They’re still rare, however, in the top ranks of bigger companies.

Saudi women take part in a Glowork exhibition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 28, 2017. Reuters/Faisal Al Nasser There are also many Saudi families who do not have the money to buy new cars.

Saudi women wait in line in the 'women section' at of a resturant in the 'Faysalia' mall in Riyadh City, on September 26, 2011, a day after Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Women will be allowed to drive for the first time next summer in Saudi Arabia, the ultra-conservative kingdom announced, marking a significant expansion of women's rights ...

Saudi Arabia has released two women's rights activists detained nearly three years ago after they had served their time, London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia’s government announced on Tuesday that it will grant women the right to drive cars next year in a major sign of social change for the ultraconservative kingdom. The civil rights ...

And - as is the norm in Saudi Arabia - the fast food restaurants are segregated. Men sit at the front; women and families sit in a partitioned area at the back, shielded from public view.

(MORE: Saudi Arabia to Tourists: We Are Just Not That Into You) “Abdullah has a strong desire to see women advance in Saudi,” says Fawzia al-Bakr, a women’s rights activist and professor at ...

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has granted women the right to vote and run in 2015 local elections and to be appointed to his advisory Shura Council, but some women's rights advocates are not satisfied.

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia – Women in this strict Muslim country finally get to sit behind the wheel and legally drive for the first time starting Sunday. One side benefit: This milestone could ...

A billboard in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, for Japanese automaker Nissan shows a woman about to get into a car on the day women were legally allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia on June 24.

Saudi Arabia’s government announced on Tuesday that it will grant women the right to drive cars next year in a major sign of social change for the ultraconservative kingdom.