Saudi woman knocking down barriers

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Throwing punches in a gym tucked away from prying eyes, a Saudi female boxing trainer asserts a right long denied to many women - the right to exercise.

Halah Alhamrani, 41, runs a gym for women called Flag-Boxing - its motto is Fight Like A Girl - in the western Red Sea city of Jeddah, offering fitness classes such as calisthenics, CrossFit, boxing and kickboxing.

Relying on word-of-mouth publicity in a country where exercising in public is culturally deemed unbecoming for women, Alhamrani is working to empower a generation with little to no exposure to sports.