Wajeha al-Huwaider

Wajeha al-Huwaider ( Arabic وجيهة الحويدر, DMG Waǧīha al-Ḥuwaidar ; * 1962 or 1963) is a Saudi Arabian writer and women's rights activist. She is co-founder of the Association for the Protection and Defense of Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia .

Al-Huwaider supported the appointment of the first Saudi Arabian Deputy Minister for Education, Norah al-Faiz, and called for women's rights to be expanded. In 2008 she gained international media attention when a video of her protesting against the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia, in which she drives a car in Saudi Arabia, appeared on YouTube . In 2011 she filmed Manal al-Sharif during an action against the Saudi ban on women driving. As a result, the women's rights situation in Saudi Arabia gained international attention.

According to her own statements, a stay in the USA influenced her to get involved as a women's rights activist:

"Before that, I knew that I'm a human being. However, in the United States I felt it, because I was treated as one. I learned life means nothing without freedom. Then I decided to become a real women's rights activist, in order to free women in my country and to make them feel alive. "

On June 15, 2013, Fawzia al-Oyouni and Huwaider were sentenced by a court to a ten-month prison term with an additional two-year travel ban for attempted kidnapping for trying to help Canadian Nathalie Morin escape her abusive Saudi husband and bring her into the country rescue canadian embassy.

Individual evidence

↑ Saudi activist: Female minister 'first step' but more needed . In: CNN . February 15, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2009.

↑ Saudi women make video protest . In: BBC . March 11, 2008, accessed May 23, 2010.

↑ Woman at the wheel ends up in jail. Article by Peter Bröhm in: taz from May 26, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2011.

↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Canada Turned a Blind Eye to This Woman's Black Eye huffingtonpost

personal data
SURNAME	Huwaider, Wajeha al-
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Saudi Arabian human rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH	1962 or 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saudi Arabia

[1] Saudi activist: Female minister 'first step' but more needed . In: CNN . February 15, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2009.

[2] Saudi women make video protest . In: BBC . March 11, 2008, accessed May 23, 2010.

[3] Woman at the wheel ends up in jail. Article by Peter Bröhm in: taz from May 26, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2011.