IN THE NEWS: An All Women’s City in Saudi Arabia – Liberating or Continuing the Cycle?

It was recently reported that Saudi Arabia will develop a women’s only city in order to allow career oriented women to pursue work while abiding by the countries Islamic laws. While work for women is not outlawed by Sharia Law, currently only 15% of the workforce is made up of women in Saudi Arabia.  This new municipality will produce women run firms and production lines and will create a total of 5000 new jobs.    Continue reading “IN THE NEWS: An All Women’s City in Saudi Arabia – Liberating or Continuing the Cycle?”