On June 17th, women in Saudi Arabia are planning a revolution. They are going to risk losing jobs, being ostracized, and even going to jail. You won't believe their audacious plan. They want to get into cars, and drive them. You can read about the protest at this article on Bloomberg.
For how much I complain about problems women face in our country, it's important to remember that there are still places in the world where women cannot vote, cannot drive, cannot vote, leave their homes without a male escort or even show their faces.
I'd love to say that I have great hopes for a coming women's rights revolution in the Middle East, but I don't. I suspect things are going to get worse there for women before they get better. I am sending hopes and prayers to the women and girls who live in places where they are so blatantly treated as second class citizens.
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