One Step Closer to Equality
In Saudi Arabia, a breakthrough is starting for gender equality. Women have been discriminated against for a long time, but new opportunities are coming in the way of jobs. There are eight million workers who have come from other countries and are taking jobs that the government wants to go to citizens. Only one fifth of the female population currently is working, though the need for workers from within the country could cause a lot of more job vacancies to be available. Also, if the government wants to have native employees, they will need to employ women instead of workers from other locations. In the city of Riyadh, 3,000 vacancies have already been reserved for female employees, and another company elsewhere is planning on having an exclusively female group of workers. Prominent owner of Saudi Aramco, Khalid Al Falih stated “The irony is, many of the unemployed are highly educated females” and “Over 50% of unemployed females hold a university degree, and that’s because mixed work environments are not available.” Hopefully such recognition will spread to other employers.
Things are starting to look better, but they are far from where they should be. With recognition from employers starting to arise, and a problem with international employment, opportunities for equality in the business world are coming.
- Rick Derfus
information
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/05/business/brave-new-era-for-saudi-arabias-women/
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