In Saudi Arabia, the number of women in the workforce has nearly tripled since 1992, according to a study by consulting firm Booz & Company. But the number is still low for the region: The female participation rate in the Saudi workforce is 14 percent, compared with 59 percent in the Un...
The present study investigates the sustainable influence of human resources (HR) support on job satisfaction and work–life balance among female employees in Saudi Arabia, underlining its significance in advancing social sustainability within the workfor
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The data revealed that women accounted for 23% of Saudi's workforce in 2018 – a rise of 7% increase since 2018. Finally, today Saudi Arabia has shown the highest growth rate among G20 states, including Australia, Germany, Brazil and others. Originality/value The latest reforms emphasizes on...
Saudis have hailed workforce figures that reveal the growing role of women in the national economy as part of Vision 2030. Saudi women now comprise 33.6 percent of the Saudi workforce as of March 2022, according to the General Authority for Statistics. That figure is up from 17.4 percent just...
In the MENA region, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is one of the main providers of mental health services and one of the largest contributors to mental health research [11,12]. Within the past decade, the accessibility and availability of mental health resources (including staff, hospital...
Creating a capable workforce Capability-building for NGOs We offer training sessions to several NGO employees on how to better serve different communities in Saudi Arabia: Bunyan supports underprivileged women, Arees Foundation runs an orphanage, and Alnahda runs an information hub that supports female...
He noted Saudi Arabia’s impressive rise in the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law Index, jumping from a score of 25 out of 100 in 2019 to 71 in 2023. Women in Saudi Arabia now account for 42 percent of small and medium-sized enterprises, with female workforce participation risin...
do the right thing."Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive cars"Women are allowed to drive however they decide to," Khalid said, explaining that women do not need to get permission from males to drive and they do not need guardianship with them to drive."The pace of change has changed,...
Saudi society as a whole is experiencing even deeper changes. Inevitably, the focus of many social reforms has fallen on the role of women. Wahabbist precepts have been somewhat relaxed, creating greater room for women in public life. Their participation in the labour force has touched 36%, ...