Engineering is no longer limited to men in modern Saudi society. Today more than 1,400 Saudi women are engineers working in a variety of specialties and professional levels who are registered at the engineering commission.
In the past two years, the Saudi Ministry of Labor and Social Development rolled out a number of initiatives to grow women’s workforce contribution under the Saudi National Vision 2030 program.
It has been nearly a year since Saudi leadership announced a momentous decree allowing Saudi women to obtain driver's licenses. And since the announcement, it has made concerted efforts to tie this decree into women's wider economic empowerment.
Engineering is no longer limited to men in modern Saudi society. Today more than 1,400 Saudi women are engineers working in a variety of specialties and professional levels who are registered at the engineering commission.
Saudi women are expected to drive for the first time starting next June, So far 117 trainees have completed the 16-hour maintenance course. They are then accredited with The Certificate of Master Trainer in the Community Training Program.
Accomplished Saudi academic Hanan Al-Olayan has been appointed to a top role at Saudi oil and gas empire Saudi Aramco. She will now be heading the conglomerate’s refinery, processing, and hydrocarbon energy marketing businesses.
Only a few years ago, no Saudi women worked in the hotel service sector. However, once women were allowed to enter the field, many have served in a variety of service and administrative jobs.
Under a phased rollout across women’s shops and outlets in the Kingdom, the Saudi Council of Chambers’ coordinating body for women’s employment is extending its feminization program – the third stage of which began in October 2017 – to the hospitality
