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Saudi women teach children computer programming using robots connected with an application as part of Kcoderz social initiative launched by a Saudi couple, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, July 29, 2017. Picture taken July 29, 2017.
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Saudi women shop at Al-Hayatt mall in Riyadh February 15, 2012. Single men are not allowed into the mall, which is accessible only to families and single women. Picture taken February 15, 2012.
A veiled woman wearing a badge with a portrait of Saudi King Abdullah browses a book at the Riyadh International Book Fair March 6, 2012. The two-week book fair will exhibit tens of thousands of books by hundreds of local and foreign publishers.
A Saudi woman pushes a stroller carrying her children in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia September 27, 2017.
Women read menues in a cafe in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 6, 2016. Picture taken October 6, 2016.
Saudi women members of the Saudi Shura Council attend a session chaired by Saudi Arabia's King Salman, in Riyadh December 23, 2015.
A veil-clad female worker fills a can with olive oil at a factory for pickling olives in the Saudi city of Tabuk October 23, 2013.
A Saudi saleswoman works in a boutique at a mall in Jeddah January 9, 2012. In a country where women are banned from driving and need the permission of a close male relative to work, travel and even have certain kinds of surgery, female employment is another battleground between traditionalists and those who want change. Women account for only 7 percent of Saudis employed by private companies but make up almost half of all Saudis listed as looking for work, according to 2009 government figures. Picture taken January 9, 2012.
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Saudi women take part in Glowork exhibition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia September 28, 2017.
A veiled Saudi woman enjoys a ride in the new Snow City at Al Othaim Mall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia July 26, 2016. Picture taken July 26, 2016.
A female Saudi pharmacist (R) dispenses medicines at the International Medical Center in Jeddah June 4, 2007.
Saudi Arabia's contingent takes part in the athletes parade during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium July 27, 2012. Saudi Arabia's first female Olympic athletes made their appearance at the opening ceremony to the London Games on Friday, dressed in traditional hijabs, or Islamic headscarfs.
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A Saudi woman speaks with a taxi driver to get a ride in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia September 28, 2017.
Women run for cover from rain in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 16, 2017.
Saudi woman Fawzia al-Harbi, a candidate for local municipal council elections, shows her candidate biography at a shopping mall in Riyadh November 29, 2015. Saudi Arabian women are running for election and voting for the first time on December 12, but their enfranchisement marks only a pigeon step towards democracy and gender equality in the autocratic Islamic kingdom. Picture taken November 29, 2015. The biography reads as "Fawzia, Riyadh City, Fifth District, Fawzia Hejab al-Harbi, Electoral Number 3"
Saudi women work inside the first all-female call centre in the kingdom's security sector, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia August 29, 2017.
Women walk past an empty coffee shop during summer, with temperatures rising above 42 degrees Celsius (108 degrees Fahrenheit) in Riyadh July 12, 2007.
Saudi Arabian women, seeking a job, talk with recruiters during a job fair in Riyadh January 25, 2012. It is Women's Day at the first of a series of job fairs launched by the Saudi government this year to find employment for its citizens. In coming months the scheme aims to arrange interviews for 15,000 men and women out of 100,000 applicants, holding similar fairs in the cities of Jeddah and Dammam. Picture taken January 25, 2012.
Saudi Arabia women arrive to a rally to celebrate the 87th annual National Day of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia September 23, 2017. Image used for illustrative purpose only.
Saudi women take part in Glowork exhibition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia September 28, 2017.
Saudi women prepare their painting tools during an activity for national drawings in Jeddah October 29, 2015.
Veiled Saudi women work at a coffee shop in Tabuk, 1500 km (932 miles) from Riyadh November 30, 2013. Saudi Arabia's crackdown on foreign workers has thrown millions of lives into turmoil and caused rioting in big cities, but the economy should benefit in the long run as Saudi nationals fill the gaps and cut their dependence on the state. Reuters/Mohamed Alhwaity
Veiled Saudi women make Kelja, a popular sweet, during the Productive Families' 6th Festival in the Saudi central province of Qassim December 6, 2013.
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