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  • Saudi Arabia’s thriving startup scene driven by women

    It's now almost impossible to imagine the Saudi economy without the thriving startup scene and its female entrepreneurs. Less than a decade ago, the situation was largely different.

  • Continuing the rise of women arbitrators in Saudi Arabia

    Over the past years, commendable efforts have been made to attract women to the arbitration sector, and one of the most impressive examples can be seen in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where the strategic push for female representation across the Saudi workforce and the empowerment of women are key pillars of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 plan. The Arab world’s largest economy launched the Vision 2030 program in 2016 to diversify itself away from a reliance on fossil fuels, with one of the 14 ambitious goals being to raise the share of women in the workforce from 22% to 30% by the end of the program.

  • Alicia Keys criticised for Women’s Day event in ‘misogynist’ Saudi Arabia

    “I am thrilled to be back on stage, this time in Jeddah, performing in a place I have never performed in before, and in a way I never have in this region,” Keys said. “I’m also so inspired to connect in a meaningful way with the amazing women there to discuss cultural, creative and boundary-pushing narratives we are collectively and individually leading. In light of International Women’s Day, it’s the perfect time to discuss important issues affecting us.”

  • Alicia Keys To Perform in Saudi Arabia In Honor of International Women’s Day

    It's clear that Alicia Keys loves her Saudi Arabian fans. In honor of International Women’s Day (Friday, March 8), Alicia Keys will host the third edition of her initiative called "Women to Women".  The private event taking place in Saudi Arabia, is in conjunction with the country's Formula 1 Grand Prix and is backed by Swizz Beatz's Good Intentions creative agency and international music platform 'MDLBEAST'. 

  • International women jockeys to compete in world’s richest race meet in Saudi Arabia

    A raft of the world’s elite jockeys and horses will descend on King Abdulaziz Racetrack in Riyadh this weekend for the 2024 Saudi Cup. The fifth edition of the event begins on Friday with the International Jockeys’ Challenge and concludes on Saturday with the highly anticipated Saudi Cup race itself. The international challenge (IJC) is a four-race competition featuring 14 high-calibre jockeys – seven men and seven women – from all around the world. Among them are three-time Melbourne Cup champion Damien Oliver, America’s Katie Davies and reigning IJC champion Luis Saez, and New Zealand’s Lisa Allpress, the first woman to win a flat race in Saudi Arabia when she competed in 2020.

  • Saudi Arabia: Women can perform Hajj without Mahram, Hajj Ministry reaffirms

    Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has reaffirmed that women can perform Hajj without a Mahram, highlighting that this requirement is no longer obligatory for all pilgrimages. Additionally, the ministry has specified that for the Hajj season of 2024, all domestic pilgrims must receive vaccinations against neisseria meningitis and seasonal influenza as part of the registration requirements.

  • Saudi Arabian women and collective memories: a discussion with artist Manal AlDowayan

    Saudi Arabian artist Manal AlDowayan used to hate the word feminist. “I thought feminism was created for white, Western women, and their language didn’t include me,” she told me recently. Her work spans the range of photography, video, sound, sculpture and participatory practice. It is usually themed around the limitations and pockets of freedom that Saudi women have, as well as interrogating traditions, and collective memories. This has caused the art public to look at her as a feminist artist, and that’s also why her statement is quite surprising. “I think my grandmother was a feminist,” she clarified quickly. “Not through her sexual conduct or the way she dressed. Just by her resilience. She was a strong woman. Her husband died early and she had to raise 10 children alone. All of them became successful in their own right. She was amazing.”

  • Princess Reema defends Saudi Arabia’s right to host women’s tennis tournament

    Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to the United States Princess Reema bint Bandar has addressed criticisms leveled against her country's hosting of the Women's Tennis Association Finals. The ambassador's remarks came as a direct response to an opinion piece in The Washington Post, which she described as laden with "outdated stereotypes and western-centric views."

  • Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert accused of ‘turning backs on women’ by Saudi ambassador

    Al-Saud said the pair should "get your facts straight" on matters of Saudi law affecting women and said their arguments were "based on outdated stereotypes and western-centric views of our culture". She added: "Failing to acknowledge the great progress women have made in Saudi Arabia denigrates our remarkable journey. This not only undermines the progress of women in sports, it sadly undermines women, progress as a whole. "Sports should not be used as a weapon to advance personal bias or agendas or punish a society that is eager to embrace tennis and help celebrate and grow the sport."

  • Opinion: We did not help build women’s tennis for it to be exploited by Saudi Arabia

    That work is now imperiled. WTA Tour officials, without adequate consultation with the players who are the very foundation of the sport, are on the verge of agreeing to stage the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia. This is entirely incompatible with the spirit and purpose of women’s tennis and the WTA itself.

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