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HARDtalk: Rasha Hefzi

Rasha Hefzi, Saudi businesswoman and councillor

09/02/2016 GMT

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Zeinab Badawi talks to Saudi businesswoman Rasha Hefzi.

Zeinab Badawi talks to Saudi businesswoman Rasha Hefzi, one of the 21 women elected to a municipal council.This step is being seen by many as a huge leap for women rights. Is it?

At the end of 2015 history was made in Saudi Arabia, when women were allowed to vote and stand for the first time in municipal elections. Saudi businesswoman Rasha Hefzi is one of the twenty-one women elected to a municipal council. In a country where women are not allowed to drive this step is being seen by many as a huge leap for women rights. But is it?  

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