Economic boost expected as KSA lifts ban on women driving | Arab News:
"The decision to allow women in Saudi Arabia to apply for driving licenses from next year is a game-changer on many levels, not least in the economic benefits it promises to bring to the Kingdom in the long term. The move — which was greeted with near-rapture by Saudi women on social media — is also a step toward fulfilling one of the central aims of the Vision 2030 strategy, which seeks to diversify the economy away from oil dependency and public-sector employment. The reforms seek to increase women’s participation in the Saudi workforce from 22 percent to 30 percent — a rather modest goal set against the average level of 42 percent elsewhere in the Arabian Gulf. The decree on driving helps make that goal eminently achievable, probably before the 2030 deadline."
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