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  • 255,000 Saudi women among 2.05 million employees joined labor market in 15 months

    It was revealed in the monitoring based on government reports that women made up majority of the total number of 428,000 Saudis who were employed in the local labor market during the period from the beginning of the last quarter of 2021 until the end of the year 2022. A total of 255000 Saudi women joined the labor market while the number of Saudi men who were employed during the period reached about 173,000.

  • Commentary: LIV Golf, sportswashing and women’s rights in Saudi Arabia in the spotlight as Adelaide event wraps up

    The LIV Golf show, for now, is over. The caravan has rolled on, but not before scenes of wild celebration throughout the weekend. And judging by early reports from fans, players and government officials, it was a success. General-admission tickets were sold out well before the tournament began, giving South Australians and others a rare glimpse at this country's best golfer, British Open champion Cameron Smith.

  • Women drive down Saudi unemployment

    Saudi Arabia’s unemployment rate among citizens is forecast to drop to 7.8% by the end of this year, according to Jadwa Investment. Unemployment had dropped to 8% in the last quarter of 2022, down from 11% the previous year. It said in a report that improvement in the labor market last year was better than expected in large part due to more women joining the workforce. Saudi women participation in the labor market has over the past three years increased from 20% to 36%.

  • Saudi Arabia should bid for women’s World Cup, says former coach

    The hosts for the women's World Cup usually get a short amount of time to prepare, with the 2027 host nation set to be appointed by FIFA in May next year. Saudi Arabia are already bidding to host the 2026 Women's Asian Cup which is due to be decided this month. It is part of a wider strategy of the Gulf nation to host huge sporting events. Saudi Arabia will host the men's Club World Cup later this year, having already hosted the men's Spanish Super Cup and events in Formula One and boxing.

  • Saudis release coach Renard to take over at France women’s team

    Herve Renard has resigned as Saudi Arabia coach so he can take over the France women's team ahead of this year's Women's World Cup, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) said on Tuesday. The 54-year-old Frenchman was appointed as coach of Saudi Arabia in July 2019 and led the country to a famous 2-1 win over eventual winners Argentina at the World Cup in Qatar last year. SAFF said in a statement on Twitter that it had agreed to terminate Renard's contract at his request, adding that it wished him "every success in his future career".

  • Saudi Arabia makes major leap forward in women’s entrepreneurship

    According to Dr. Muhammad Azam Roomi, who spoke at the Fifth Gulf Businesswomen Forum in Jeddah, women across Saudi Arabia have become major contributors to the entrepreneurial ecosystem, placing the Kingdom fourth among the top countries in entrepreneurship.

  • Qahwa with Saudi women entrepreneurs from the WIn fellowship – Atlantic Council

    The future of healthcare increasingly relies on stem cell research, a technology that allows for using one’s own body cells to repair itself. The MENA region is ready to go forward with stem cell engineering and biotech research. In Saudi Arabia, we have talented scientists, physicians, and innovators willing to put the Kingdom on this platform to make it a formidable contributor to the regulatory body working with stem cell therapy and healthcare. In this field, opportunities that prioritize women’s role in promoting these technologies are essential.

  • Qahwa with Saudi women entrepreneurs from the WIn fellowship

    As a Saudi woman who grew up in all-girls Islamic schools, I was empowered from day one to strive to become the best I can. As we got older and more educated, we realized that there are some limits. However, society recently started to understand that women have so much to offer due to different aspects of their personalities, and people are appreciating this as part of their business culture.

  • Meet the US women who have just opened a PR office in Saudi Arabia

    With New York savvy, Miami flair and a Saudi spirit, Gwen Wunderlich and Dara Kaplan took a chance on themselves and entered the ever-changing space of Saudi Arabia’s women empowerment. With more than two decades of experience and a solid friendship, they launched the Riyadh branch of their first women-led US-based PR firm Wunderlich Kaplan Communications. “This will be our global expansion and the MENA division, based in Riyadh at Jax,” Wunderlich told Arab News.

  • FIFA confirms Visit Saudi will not sponsor Women’s World Cup after criticism over country’s human rights record

    Mr Infantino said after the FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda: "Of course there were discussions with Visit Saudi and so on. At the end, these discussions didn't lead to a contract." It was FIFA's first public comment more than six weeks after Australia and New Zealand wrote to the governing body protesting against reports of a sponsorship deal.