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Saudi women in real estate: Taking the leap of faith
The real estate industry has long been recognized as a male-dominated domain, with women historically facing numerous barriers when trying to make their mark in this sector.However, over the years, ...
Saudi women making great strides in education, employment, health: GASTAT
Saudi women have made significant strides in employment, education, health, technology, and art, according to the latest report by the Kingdom’s General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT).In the Saudi ...
Saudi Arabia’s Princess Reema to head female-centered well-being company: PIF
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced on Monday the establishment of a female-centered health and well-being company with Princess Reema bint Bandar as its head, the Saudi Press Agency ...
International Women’s Day: Saudi engineer says inspired by female role models
The leadership commitment, Vision 2030 and “the fast developments in the Kingdom over the past years enabled me and all Saudi women to aim even higher,” GE’s Outage Planning Engineer Kawther ...
International Women’s Day: The Saudi women paving the way for future generations
Saudi Arabian women have made notable strides in politics, business, education, and the arts, contributing significantly to the Kingdom's rich history and culture.Following are Al Arabiya English’s ...
Over 250 Saudi women complete training for special security armed forces
More than 250 women in Saudi Arabia recently graduated from the Women’s Training Institute with specializations in diplomatic security and Hajj and Umrah security, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) ...
Saudi Arabia’s female labor force participation rose to 37 pct in 2022: Minister
Saudi Arabia’s female labor participation reached 37 percent in 2022, the Kingdom’s Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Ahmed al-Rajhi confirmed on Monday.About 2.2 million Saudi men ...
Saudi airline flyadeal hails first flight with all-female crew
An airline in Saudi Arabia has completed the country’s first flight with an all-female crew, officials said Saturday, describing it as a milestone for women’s empowerment in the kingdom.The flight ...
First Saudi female racer appointed ambassador for F1 GP
Saudi Arabia’s first female racing driver Reema Juffali has been appointed an ambassador for the country’s inaugural Formula One Grand Prix in Jeddah this week, organizers said on Monday.For the ...
Women take part in Saudi National Day military parade for first time
Women took part in the annual Saudi National Day military parade for the first time in the Kingdom’s history on Thursday. Female soldiers of different ranks marched in the hour-long parade in ...
Saudi women and Western smear campaigns
Saudi women are experiencing an unprecedented period of empowerment today, in light of the historic gains they have made during the reign of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Custodian of the Two ...
Nada Abul-Naga becomes first Saudi woman to enter top 100 in world squash rankings
Nada Abul-Naga became the first Saudi woman to be crowned a squash champion from the Kingdom when she won the tournament cup and the gold medal in Saudi Arabia’s Women’s Open Squash Championship.The ...
Saudi Civil Defense female officers play vital role to ensure safe Hajj season
Every girl admires her father, and Jawaher al-Shammari, a young Saudi woman, has been attached to the military uniform since her childhood when she used to see her own father don the same uniform ...
Saudi female elected first head of Digital Cooperation Organization
Another woman from Saudi Arabia made history on Tuesday after Deemah AlYahya was appointed the first secretary general of the Digital Cooperation Organization.The Digital Cooperation Organization held ...
Ambassador Princess Reema: Saudi Arabia committed to championing women
Saudi Arabia is committed to championing and advancing women “in a way that ensures everyone can contribute equally to the development of our nation, irrespective of their gender,” the Kingdom’s ...
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture achieves workplace gender balance
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture said it has achieved a gender balance of 50 percent in the workplace with many women holding key roles.According to an interview given to Asharq al-Awsat, Dur Kattan ...
Inclusion progress unaffected by COVID-19: Saudi female business leaders
Forty-seven percent of Saudi female leaders do not expect COVID-19 to slow down progress on diversity and inclusion, a new survey revealed, while around one-in-three are still unsure about the ...
First but not last: Meet the Saudi Arabian women making their mark in the world
From becoming ambassadors to their country to flying commercial planes and driving race cars, Saudi Arabian women have taken great strides in the Kingdom in recent years.Under Crown Prince Mohammed ...
Video of female Saudi ambulance driver in Riyadh goes viral
A video of a female Saudi Arabian ambulance driver transporting a woman in labor to a Riyadh hospital has gone viral on social media. The video of paramedic Eman Abdulazim has been shared by many ...
New Saudi civil laws to include minimum age limit on marriages: Justice Minister
New reforms to Saudi Arabia’s civil laws will include the setting of a minimum age on marriages for both genders and granting women more marital contract rights, according to the Kingdom’s Minister ...
Saudi Arabia to appoint female judges soon: Official
Saudi women will soon be able to be appointed as judges in the Kingdom, according to Saudi Arabia’s undersecretary for women’s empowerment at the Ministry of Human Resources and Social ...
Saudi women no longer need guardian’s permission to change personal data: Report
Saudi Arabian women can now change their personal data, such as their family name, name of children, and their marital status, without the need for a guardian’s permission, the local Okaz newspaper ...
First female Saudi rally drivers to open door for more women to join team ‘SHERO’
The first Saudi women's rally team set to participate in the Saudi Dakar Rally in 2022 has announced their intention to open registrations for Saudi women to join their team.Founders of the “SHERO” ...
Saudi women: Past and present
Images flickered across the television screen before me, set to a channel broadcasting old programs and series from the Gulf, like the one I was half-watching now. Suddenly, a jarring image drew my ...
Three Saudi sisters among kingdom’s first batch of female football referees
Sisters Lulwa, Reem and Sarah al-Dosari are set to become one of the first Saudi Arabian female football referees after training to take on the roles as part of the Kingdom’s first-ever women's ...