Saudi women

Saudi filmmakers, businessmen eye return

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

Saudi filmmakers and major cinema chains alike are basking in the news the kingdom will lift its decades-old ban on movie theatres, opening a market of more than 30 million people. At the Dubai International Film Festival on Tuesday, short-film directors talked shop on a seaside veranda, the city's iconic sailboat-shaped hotel in th0e background. And Saudi Arabia was on everyone's mind.Read more

Saudi women break youth monopoly

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

Saudi women have broken the youths’ monopoly of the local telecommunications sector and have undergone training in sales and maintenance of cellphones in the wake of the Kingdom’s Saudization program. “More than 5,000 have been trained and entered the labor market, either through small- and medium-sized enterprises or by doing business from homes,” said Fadwa Al-Atwi, a Saudi woman trainer.Read more

600 expected to take part in women investors’ exhibition in Riyadh

RIYADH - Muslimchronicle

Six hundred exhibitors are expected to participate in a women investors’ exhibition that begins in the Saudi capital on Dec. 21 under the sponsorship of Riyadh Gov. Prince Faisal bin Bandar. Huda Al-Jeraisy, head of the organizing committee, said that more than 1,000 women have expressed an interest in participating but the venue could accommodate only 600. The Riyadh ChamberRead more

Special centers to hold arrested female drivers in Saudi Arabia

Manama - Muslimchronicle

Special women’s detention centers will be set up to hold anyone arrested after the ban on driving is lifted. Labor and Social Development Ministry spokesman Khaled Aba Al-Khail told Al-Watan daily on Thursday that the ministry has been coordinating with the Interior Ministry about cases that would entail detention. Sources told Al-Watan that universities had signed agreements with the GeneralRead more

Saudi Shoura member discloses move to raise women’s representation in diplomatic positions

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

Shoura member Dr. Mona Al-Mushait recently disclosed that a recommendation has been submitted to the council to raise the representation of women in foreign leadership positions. This came during a meeting organized by the King Abdul Aziz Center for National Dialogue (KACND) on “The role of women in achieving the objectives of Vision 2030.” “As Saudi women, we must helpRead more

Cherie Blair: Lifting of Saudi ban on women driving ‘superb — but more to be done’

Montenegro - Muslimchronicle

British QC Cherie Blair, in an exclusive interview with Arab News, has said the removal of the Saudi women’s driving ban is “superb news.” Blair, a prominent human-rights lawyer and founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, said she believes the lifting of the ban will unleash new potential for women, but that “there is more to be done.”Read more

87,575 business licenses issued

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

The Ministry of Commerce and Investment issued 87,575 commercial registrations for women at the end of the Hijra year 1438. Licenses were issued throughout the Kingdom, with the highest number in Riyadh with 20,086, followed by Jeddah (13,826), Makkah (5,098), Madinah (4,400) and Taif (3,861), a ministry official said. They were issued for businesses in various fields, including trade, manufacturing,Read more

Saudi women with recognized states’ licenses to directly get license

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

The Saudi traffic spokesman, Colonel Tariq al-Rubaiean, announced a new privilege for Saudi women who wants to obtain driving licenses, if they met the criteria after applying the decision which would allow them to drive. On Sunday, Colonel Al-Rubaiean said that if a woman has a license from a recognized state, a Saudi license will be issued for her immediately,Read more

Letting women drive in Saudi Arabia ‘does not conflict with Shariah,’ say senior scholars

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

The landmark decree allowing Saudi women to drive has received the seal of approval from the Council of Senior Scholars, the Kingdom’s highest religious body that advises King Salman on religious matters. “King Salman, granted by God the responsibility of protecting his people and the nation’s interests, and preserving Islamic values and national interests, does not waver in achieving theRead more

Over 159,000 Saudi women employed

Riyadh - Muslimchronicle

The number of female Saudi employees in the wholesale and retail sector in private sector companies stood at 159,588 by the end of 2016, local media said, quoting figures released by the Ministry of Labor and Social Development. Riyadh region topped other regions in employing female workers in private sector firms, which employed 28 percent of the total throughout theRead more