World Bicycle Day

have been legally allowed to ride bicycles since 2013. Films and stories also show that the bicycle can be seen as a symbol of female emancipation. In 2013, Saudi Arabian director Haifa al-Mansur produced [...] demonstrations on bicycles have been taking place for over ten years. The tradition was started in 2013 by two women in the Turkish city of Izmir with the aim of creating more visibility for women on the [...] ten-year-old girl Wadja, who wants nothing more than the green bicycle from the store next door (Kaever 2013). Or the story of the now 20-year-old Khothalang Leuta from Lesotho in South Africa. She started riding …