Saudi woman accepted as refugee in Canada says she hopes 'her story will inspire other women to flee homeland'

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, 18, as she arrived at Toronto Pearson International Airport (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Rod McGuirk

A Saudi woman accepted as a refugee in Canada has said in an Australian television interview that she expected her experience would inspire other women to flee her homeland.

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, 18, told Australian Broadcasting Corp in an interview recorded in Toronto and broadcast in Australia on Tuesday that she hoped that the international attention on her flight from oppression in Saudi Arabia will be a catalyst for change.