page_title: 2010s
section_title: Asia
hierarchical_section_title: 2010s / Politics and conflicts / Prominent political events / Asia
caption_attribution_description: English: شعار لدعم حق المرأة السعوديه لقيادة سيارتها ..من تصميم محمد شرف
context_page_description: The 2010s was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on 1 January 2010 and ended on 31 December 2019.
  The decade began amid a global financial crisis and subsequent international recession dating from the late 2000s. The resulting European sovereign-debt crisis became more pronounced early in the decade and continued to affect the possibility of a global economic recovery. Economic issues, such as austerity, inflation, and an increase in commodity prices, led to unrest in many countries, including the 15-M and Occupy movements. Unrest in some countries – particularly in the Arab world – evolved into socioeconomic crises triggering revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Bahrain as well as civil wars in Libya, Syria, and Yemen in a widespread phenomenon commonly referred to as the Arab Spring. Shifting social attitudes saw LGBT rights and female representation make substantial progress during the decade, particularly in the West and parts of Asia and Africa.
caption: Women to drive movement: Women's rights in Saudi Arabia made progress when women were allowed to drive in the kingdom in 2018.
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