On Thursday, 47 women participated in Saudi Arabia’s first ever women-only cycle race. As the BBC reports, the event was held in Jeddah, which will also host a series of landmark cultural sites being built by the Saudi government.

But while only some of those women who requested to join the race were able to do so, this is another important moment in Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s effort to move Saudi society towards modernity.

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