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

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.
Sputnik

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. 

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.

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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.

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