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  • Zeinab Abu Alsamh Talks Saudi Arabia’s Growth & Opportunity For Women

    “Things are happening a lot faster than I anticipated,” the Saudi native says. “But it’s great because for the last 40 years we haven’t had our stories come out—I’m not even talking about the world—I’m talking about come out even to us.” Abu Alsamh, who previously was the chief commercial officer of the Saudi Broadcasting Authority, is responsible for overseeing all Saudi content and development projects for MBC Studios, the in-house production arm of the Saudi-owned free-to-air network giant MBC, as well as expanding the content production industry in the kingdom.

  • KPMG Report: Saudi women driving empowerment, transformation in family businesses

    According to the publication, mentorship and networking are essential components of professional success, regardless of gender. In Saudi Arabia, with the increasing participation rates of women in the workforce, finding a mentor, especially a female mentor, can be a daunting task. Women who were the first to enter the workforce and work in family businesses have gone through many challenges and are strategically placed to manage this dilemma.

  • Najd Fahd becomes first Saudi women to win gold medal at Gulf Games

    Najd Fahd became the first Saudi woman to win a gold medal at the GCC Games, storming to a top podium finish by winning an e-Football title on Sunday night, May 22.

  • Rally Jameel, Saudi Arabia’s First Women-Only Race, Reflects Rapid Change

    The pair got stuck a few times along the race and argued a bit, as sisters will. I told them that sometimes it helps to have a funny word or phrase to say during times of stress to break the tension. They chose "smelly camel," paying homage to the many herds of camels we saw during the race.

  • Saudi Arabia: Women in work has ‘doubled’ to over 35% of labour force

    The number of women with jobs in Saudi Arabia has nearly doubled in the last five years and now stands at over 35 per cent of the workforce, the kingdom said this week. Abdullah Abuthnain, the Saudi deputy minister of human resources and social development, said on Tuesday that the number of women in work was at "the highest level in the kingdom’s history" as the government seeks to introduce reforms and boost women's rights.

  • In a first, women employed as field researchers for Saudi Census 2022

    he training program for the Saudi Census 2022 in the Jazan region on Thursday received hundreds of women to work as field researchers in the region and its governorates, local media reported.

  • Saudi Arabia witnesses spike in women in tech startup than Europe: Report

    This came in a report released by Endeavor Insight. The report also found that the percentage of women in tech is higher than that of men. According to reports, the participation rate of women in the tech sector stood at 28 percent in the third quarter of 2021, above the European average rate of 17.5 percent.

  • 21-year-old women’s basketball coach leaves Gaza to train Saudi team

    When Dalia Nasr, a 21-year-old Palestinian basketball player and coach at the Gaza Sports and Community Club, tried to leave the Gaza Strip in 2019 for a coaching course supervised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asia in the West Bank, she was stopped at the border. Nasr, then 19, was greatly saddened to miss her first chance to join a foreign tournament. Two years later, Nasr had obtained a basketball arbitration certificate from the Palestinian Basketball Federation and registered with FIBA. The Saudi Flaij Basketball Club for Women reached out to her to train the Saudi women’s basketball team and she finally obtained a permit to travel for Saudi Arabia.

  • Women in Saudi Arabia Add a First: An Auto Rally

    Competitors came to the rally, in mid-March, from 15 countries, including Britain, Germany, Oman, Spain, Sweden and the United States. There were 34 two-women teams, and over half had at least one Saudi.

  • Reforms pay dividends as Saudi women enter jobs market

    The Shoura Council has enacted a number of laws and proposed amendments to other regulations in order to protect women’s rights, including initiatives to reduce unemployment, as well as increase female representation in positions of authority and decision-making.