Taxi driver Fahda Fahd sits in her car in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh. Like other Saudi women, Ms Fahd couldn't legally drive until 2018, but her lime-green Kia now gives her a way to make extra cash as living costs soar in the conservative kingdom. All Photos: AFP

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Women taxi drivers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - in pictures

Millions of Saudi women are finding jobs as female employment gains acceptance in the deeply conservative society

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March 13, 2022

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