Women empowerment became one of the major requirements to develop the Saudi community, saidFawzia Al Harby, senior official at the Technical and Vocational Training Corp.
She added, during her speech before an international conference on development in Turkey, that the empowerment of Saudi women is one of the major aspects of Vision 2030, as it increasingly depends on women participation in the labor market by 22 to 30 percent.
She said Saudi women are an important part of the sustainable development of the Kingdom, adding that Saudi female empowerment began under the late King Abdullah and continues under King Salman.
She cited participation of women in municipal elections and the Shoura council as examples of government support for women.
She added that Saudi women own more than SR45 billion ($12 billion) in Saudi banks and SR130 billion ($35 billion) in real estate, and that they are involved in charities and humanitarian organizations.
She said her participation in the second TASCA international conference for partnership and development was to highlight the important role of Saudi women in development, to strengthen that role, and to urge women from the Muslim world to carve out their own identity and take a leading role in building an economic and social renaissance.
She added that the conference, hosted in the city of Antalya, was one of the most important to be held about empowering women, adding that the conference brought together more than 300 participants from 30 countries.