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  • Saudi women’s journey at Aramco

    Najat al-Husseini, the first Saudi woman to work at Aramco, had to get special permission from the late King Faisal bin Abdulaziz to get the job, as “there were no laws for the employment of Saudi women at that time, but she proved herself through discipline and professionalism at work, especially as she was the only Saudi woman among American female colleagues working in the secretarial and health sectors,” as her brother Sadad al-Husseini told Al Arabiya.net.

  • Saudi Haia chief unveils plan to hire women staff 

    The Haia chief made the remarks while attending a program on Al-Ekhbaria channel on Sunday. While disclosing details of the plan to hire women staff, Al-Sanad said that the Shoura Council made a recommendation in this regard during its deliberations on the report of the commission.

  • Saudi attitudes to women in the workplace change as job market gets kickstart

    “I told them they have to let me go, I cannot sit all my life like this,” Munira said. “The first time [I told them] they said ‘No, why? We can give you money’. I said ‘I don’t want to spend my life like this, I’m not looking for marriage yet, I need more experience in life’.” But her parents finally relented and today Munira, 28, works in a men’s clothes store in the capital and shares an apartment with her sister. She is one of the growing number of women working in the conservative kingdom, a trend that has helped change the face of retail outlets in the capital’s ubiquitous malls and delivered one tangible success of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ambitious economic reform plan. In just four years, the participation of women in the labour force has almost doubled to 33 per cent.

  • Exploring the factors affecting women’s intention to drive in Saudi Arabia

    The data come from the national project SHE Drives KSA, and the sample used for analysis consists of 10,508 women from all over the Kingdom. The model estimation results show that younger and single women, those who have studied abroad and are employed, and those who live in provinces that are more affluent and have more economic opportunities are more willing to drive.

  • More Saudi women bypassing legal guardian approval for marriage

    Automatic legal services are allowing hundreds of women in Saudi Arabia to file, argue and win court proceedings that grant them a judge's approval to bypass their guardian's consent for marriage. “This is a transformation in what was a previously gruelling and stressful task for women whose fathers or brothers had unjustly objected to a potential spouse,” Saudi lawyer Hazim Al Madani told The National.

  • ‘It takes courage’: Saudi Arabia’s women cyclists break norms

    “What is happening is new to us and to women in society, and it is beautiful allowing women to discover their hobbies.” While Saudi Arabia is not equipped with bike lanes, Rahbini hopes that will soon change, urging the government to set up proper infrastructure. “My dream is for every Saudi woman to cycle,” she said.

  • Thriving Bahraini clubs welcome Saudi neighbours for women’s football festival

    Kicking off in the early evening and hosted by Super Soccer Academy, who will also field a team, the event sees two Saudi Arabian women’s squads - Qatif and Eagles - crossing the border in what could be the beginning of an ongoing partnership with the nascent Saudi Women’s League.

  • Saudi women move from the sidelines to the front line: Audio

    On this week's Beyond the Headlines, host Nada AlTaher marks Saudi National Day by speaking to the women who were once spectators but have since become leaders and trailblazers of social change.

  • A culture of ‘hard work and play’ for creative young Saudi women

    So what is it like working in a mixed environment in the country? “It’s normal for us,” Ms Shaath said with a smile. “But fun, no abayas, a lot of hard work and play. The best thing is we get to work remotely, so I am currently in Berlin.

  • Analysis: Saudi Women are Experiencing Marginal Reforms

    Not only do the numbers show how successful the new labor policies for women are, but traditional mindsets also appear to be shifting. One of our interviewees described the processes of arranged marriages occurring in Saudi Arabia, a long-standing traditional norm between families when two people wish to get married. Within this process, there are specific criteria for a man to pick a wife. Now, one new element to this selection process — and one of the most important ones — is that a woman should be employed.