Women have foot in the door as the Saudi workplace opens up

Keeping half the population at home is a way of life the conservative Islamic kingdom can no longer afford

27 May 2021 - 20:49 By Vivian Nereim

It looks like a woman’s world on the 29th floor of Tamkeen Tower, where a call centre for Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Statistics overlooks the beige sprawl of Riyadh. Past frosted glass doors, the few men to one side of the room are vastly outnumbered by female colleagues sitting at desks spread across the office...

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