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Think Pink: First Ladies-Only Parking Spots Set Up in Saudi Arabia

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Women-only parking spaces decked out in pink have been arranged throughout Saudi Arabia as the country is about to tear up its decades-long ban on female... 23.06.2018, Sputnik International

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Think Pink: First Ladies-Only Parking Spots Set Up in Saudi Arabia

14:39 GMT 23.06.2018

© REUTERS / Zohra BensemraDr Samira al-Ghamdi, 47, a practicing psychologist, drives around the side roads of a neighborhood as she prepares to hit the road on Sunday as a licensed driver, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia June 21, 2018

Dr Samira al-Ghamdi, 47, a practicing psychologist, drives around the side roads of a neighborhood as she prepares to hit the road on Sunday as a licensed driver, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia June 21, 2018 - Sputnik International

Women-only parking spaces decked out in pink have been arranged throughout Saudi Arabia as the country is about to tear up its decades-long ban on female drivers - the only one of its kind in the world.

A Twitter user posted a photo taken in Riyadh with a pink sign reading "ladies parking only" and pink posts marking places where only women may park.

شكرا لمجمع المملكة في احترام #المرأة ومبادرتهم في التضامن مع القيادة و تشجيع قرار #قيادة_المرأة_للسيارة
مااكرمهن إلا كريم ومااهانهن إلا لئيم pic.twitter.com/pHKuU7sF86
— قيادة المرأة (@womensaudidrive) 21 июня 2018 г.

The photo was posted ahead of a historic day for women in Saudi Arabia: on Sunday, Riyadh will allow women to get behind the wheel, ending the only ban on female drivers in the world.

A woman drives a car in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as part of a campaign to defy Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving (File) - Sputnik International

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The move is part of an ambitious national transformation project known as Vision 2030. The reforms, which involve both economic and social shifts, were brought forward by Saudi Arabia's 32-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in 2016 in a bid to decrease the kingdom's dependence on oil revenue and boost the private sector.