gulfnews : 4m Saudi women ready to join nation's workforce

There are four million Saudi women ready to take up jobs in the Saudi employment market, it was revealed during a forum that concluded in Riyadh yesterday. "About 99.9 per cent of the wealth of Saudi women deposited in banks remain in a virtually frozen state.

"Only 42.3 million riyals [Dh41.40 million] out of the total banking assets worth 100 billion riyals have been utilised for investment purposes," delegates at the Sixth Forum for Businesswomen were told.

The wife of King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, Princess Hissah Bint Trad Al Shaalan, inaugurated the three-day event.

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