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.

According to a Royal Decree from King Salman bin Abdel-Aziz, Tumader bint Youssef Al-Rumah has been appointed as Deputy to the Minister of Labor and Social Development, becoming the first female to occupy such a high-level post.