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A Year of Change for Women in Saudi Arabia and Iran

31/12/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, A Year of Change for Women in Saudi Arabia and Iran

Was 2017 a good year for women's rights in Saudi Arabia and Iran?

Following the lifting of the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia and Iran's morality police halting arrests of women for ignoring the Islamic dresscode, Weekend looks back on the advancement of women's rights in the two countries in 2017.

Also in the programme: The plight of Mexico's endangered turtles and the "cursed" Japanese rockband.

(Picture: Saudi women take part in a training programme for new female drivers. Credit: FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images)

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