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  • Mar 09, 2018, 22:58 IST

Saudi women celebrate International Women's Day with a morning jog in Jeddah

Mar 09, 2018, 22:58 IST

Women in Saudi Arabia are celebrating a new found right, jogging in the streets this International Women's Day in Jeddah. It's the first time it happened on cobbled streets that women running in public. Saudi Arabia still has a long way to go when it comes to equal rights between men and women. But new reforms this year are changing women's lives. Women have been allowed to drive, visit cinemas, and get involved more than ever before. Few days ago the kingdom hosted its first ever female running race.