600,000 Saudi Women Join Workforce, Says Official
Efforts to empower Saudi women by absorbing them in the job market have been successful, according to a top official of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development. Nawal Abdullah Al-Thabian, assistant director general of the ministry’s branch in Makkah province, has said some 600,000 Saudi women have already joined the job market. The women workforce is not only productive but also creative despite the many obstacles and challenges that they experience, Al-Thabian said. Delivering a lecture at a conference titled “Empowerment of Saudi Women in Light of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030” at King Abdulaziz University, she said ministry had initiated 68 schemes to facilitate employment opportunities for women in the Kingdom. Many successful Saudi women participated in brainstorming sessions and panel discussions over two days of the conference, which was inaugurated by Prince Mishal Bin Majed, governor of Jeddah. Al-Thabian said Labor Ministry had been introducing exclusive programs to…
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