Saudi women hold over 1,700 key posts in employment market
09/07/24
Saudi women leaders amounted to 1,707 thanks to the leadership training and guidance initiative by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development under the Vision 2030.
Importantly, the figure exceeded the target of 1,000 according to a recent report released by the Ministry. Further statistics revealed that the total number of women to benefit from the programme titled “Developing productive projects for those who want to practice self-employment” reached about 320 beneficiaries during the last year 2023.
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development also announced that Saudi women recorded many positive numbers in the labor market during the year 2023. Demonstrating this, the share of women increased during this period compared to the period from 2017 until the end of 2023 to record levels in a number of sectors. Female share in the labour market was about 21% during the year 2017 and it rose to reach 34% in 2023. As a result, the rate of economic participation doubled, reaching 36% from 17%. Moreover, the percentage of women in middle and senior administrative positions soared to 44% from 29%.
In addition, The Ministry`s report detailed the impact of the transformation on women’s empowerment. It was noted that 234,000 Saudi women have benefited from the Wusool transportation support programme and 1.6 million have benefited from the vocational guidance initiative for school students. Furthermore, the report announced the completion of the proactive implementation of the phases of the parallel training project for the year 2023-2024, bringing the number of female trainees to 15,000, with a completion rate of 100%.
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