Saudi women ranked first in the Arab world in the annual report on empowering Arab women in development and decision -making bodies for the year 2025 AD issued by the Center for Arab Women’s participation studies of the Arab Women Authority.
Iman Al -Alusi, a spokeswoman for the Arab Women’s Authority, said that the annual report praised the ability of institutions to achieve greater annual growth rates than the targets contained in the vision of the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman 2030, which aims to improve the competitive capabilities of the Kingdom at the local and international levels and respond to the needs of the labor market in cooperation with the best scientific and training institutions and work to support the opportunities of Saudi women in assuming leadership positions and taking centers Decision.
The percentage of Saudi women’s participation in the labor market increased, for example, from 19% in 2016 to 38% in 2024 AD, and this development embodies the success of women’s integration policies in various economic sectors.
The unemployment rate among women also decreased from 33.7% in 2016 to less than 11% in 2024 AD. The comparative official statistics also showed that the percentage of Saudi women’s entrepreneurship is the highest in the region.
The report indicates that the number of lawyers increased from 618 lawyers in 2019 to 3180 lawyers in 2024.
Al -Alusi added that the annual report monitored with great admiration for the increasing number of female students enrolled in the study of the external scholarship program in prestigious universities in the United States of America, Britain, Australia, Germany, South Korea and Japan to 15690 thousand students, including 4178 studying at the doctoral stage, which is the highest rate ever in addition to 2812 in the master’s stage.
The report also recorded the high rate of publishing scientific research classified, especially in international scientific journals and leagues, to 91%.
The report has proven that the number of female doctors obtaining the American Board is the largest Arab and the Middle East, especially from some prestigious American universities such as Harvard, Jones Hopkins, Stanford and California.
The report talked about the development of Saudi women’s participation in the diplomatic corps and regional and international organizations, so that the Saudi doctor d. Hanan Belki, the position of regional director of the World Health Organization of the eastern Mediterranean region, and for the first time the Ministry of Foreign Affairs witnessed the appointment of five Saudi travelers in influential international capitals such as the United States of America by appointing Princess Rima Bint Bandar the first ambassador in Washington at the rank of minister in addition to trains in Finland, the headquarters of the European Union Brussels, Sweden, Norway.
The Ministry also witnessed the employment and rehabilitation of quite a few through the diplomatic institute in diplomatic missions.
The report mentioned important numbers, such as the presence of 55% of women from the Saudi health body, and the presence of 50% of women in the membership of the Human Rights Council, as well as activating many forms of women’s sport and forming more than 35 feminist teams in different games.
The official spokeswoman for the Arab Women Authority concluded that the annual report will be published detailed on the official website of the Arab Women Authority on the Internet and distributes to institutions, universities and research centers in both Arabic and English.
