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  • Women in Saudi Arabia
    Saudi women’s small steps on path to progress

    Women are waiting to see if progress in other areas will continue under the new monarch, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, who is seen as closer to the religious establishment than his predecessor. He has sent mixed messages so far. Publicly women declare that he cannot reverse the gains they have made. Privately some express unease. But all agree that even if changes continue, they will happen very slowly.

  • Women and the Workforce
    Saudi women increasingly demand higher positions

    Omair explained that the ratio of Saudi women assuming senior administrative positions has increased from 19 percent in 2004 to 24 percent in 2014. She said start-ups in particular were exemplary in promoting the status of women and will add to its already established recognition and balance in economic growth.

  • Women in Saudi Arabia
    Using technology to empower women in Saudi Arabia

    Born in Riyadh, Princess Reema grew up in Washington DC while her father was Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States. She is now the CEO of Alfa International, a Saudi Arabia-based luxury retailer, and she’s also a major advocate for breast cancer awareness in her country.

  • Women and the Workforce
    806,000 Saudi women part of Kingdom’s work force

    Of this total, 71 percent work in education, 13 percent in human health and social services, and 5 percent in public administration, defense and social security. There were also women employed in production, manufacturing, mining, agriculture, forestry and fishing.

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    Princess Reema on leading Saudi women: ‘Keep walking,’ they will follow

    Princess Reema, as she is called, said she has hired many women to work at Harvey Nichols, the luxury department store she runs, something that was unheard of until just a few years ago, when laws in the country began to somewhat modernize.

  • Women and the Workforce
    Helping Saudi women into work is big business for one man

    He said his family and friends were concerned that he was quitting his job as chief operations officer at KPMG for Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Jordan – a “good job in a safe environment”- to help get women into work. It was after all, he said, “a crazy decision.”

  • Women and Education
    Sixty years of Saudi women’s education in pictures

    A series of photographs made available by the Saudi Press Agency detail the history of female education in Saudi Arabia.

  • Arab Women
    21 Saudis among 100 most powerful Arab women

    Saudi Arabia has 21 women ranked in the top 100 list of the most powerful Arab women, determined by Arabian Business magazine every year for the past five years.

  • Saudi Birth Rate
    Five reasons cited for growing infertility among Saudi women

    “The fertility rate of Saudi women declined from 2.9 children in 2013 to 2.8 children in 2014,” said one expert. The Kingdom maintained its second position in the Gulf, after Oman (2.9 children), in fertility rate. However, Saudi Arabia registered considerable fall in fertility rate during the past 10 years as it declined from 3.6 children in 2004 to 2.8 children in 2014.

  • Women in Saudi Arabia
    Saudi women react to new king

    The new royal administration has not yet made clear its position on advancing women’s opportunities. On the one hand, one of Salman’s first moves after becoming king was to extend a royal olive branch to several clerics who had been demoted or ignored by Abdullah, sometimes for publicly objecting to his promotion of women’s advancement. And it is widely believed that Salman will give the Wahhabi clerical establishment more say in formulating policies than Abdullah did. On the other hand, Salman has peppered his Cabinet with young technocrats who are aware that national development requires women’s participation in the economy and public life.