Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Ladies in Saudi Arabia get pleasure from pioneering empowerment and assist from Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman, Human Rights Fee (HRC) President Dr. Hala Al-Tuwaijri mentioned whereas delivering a speech on the Worldwide Convention on Ladies in Islam: Standing and Empowerment.
Dr. Al-Tuwaijri, who’s the pinnacle of Saudi Arabia’s delegation to the Worldwide Convention on Ladies in Islam held by the Group of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and hosted by the Kingdom in Jeddah, mentioned that these benefits that girls get pleasure from within the Kingdom have contributed to their attaining many native, regional and worldwide achievements.
This empowerment comes as an embodiment of the sensible Saudi management’s curiosity within the function of ladies in society, and in implementation of the tolerant rules of Islamic Shariah that has strengthened the function of ladies in varied fields.
Throughout her speech, Dr. Al-Tuwaijri confirmed that Saudi Arabia’s internet hosting of this convention, throughout the framework of OIC, is taken into account as affirmation for his or her keenness to focus on the excellence of Islam within the discipline of ladies’s rights, as Islamic Shariah referred to as for the care and safety of ladies and the assure of their rights.
The Islamic Shariah has strengthened and supported the human being and preserved his dignity, together with empowering ladies, who’re the fundamental pillar of the household, and making certain their efficient participation of their society.
Dr. Al-Tuwaijri highlighted the efforts made by Saudi Arabia throughout the framework of empowering Saudi ladies in a manner that enhances their function within the complete improvement witnessed by all sectors, and to realize the targets of the Kingdom’s Imaginative and prescient 2030.
Among the many efforts, the Kingdom carried out greater than 50 legislative and government reforms in varied fields, which contributed to creating the authorized framework to advertise and defend ladies’s rights and empowerment, and eradicate all types of discrimination towards them.
These reforms resulted in lots of achievements, equivalent to a rise within the share of ladies within the labor market in the course of the 5-year interval from 2017 to 2022. It witnessed a surge from 21.2% to 34.7%. The speed of ladies’s financial participation throughout the identical interval additionally recorded a rise from 17% to 37%.
As for the proportion of Saudi ladies within the civil service, it reached 42% of the whole staff by the tip of the Q3 in 2022, whereas 20% of the seats within the Shoura Council have been allotted to ladies representatives.
The president mentioned that the proportion of ladies in administrative positions in Saudi Arabia reached 28.6% in 2017, whereas it reached 41.1% in 2022, noting that the share of women-owned small and medium enterprises reached 22.5% in 2017, and 45% in 2022.
As for the communications and knowledge expertise sector, the participation charge reached 7% in 2017, and 30.5% in 2022, Dr. Al-Tuwaijri mentioned.
She added that the Kingdom witnessed a rise within the share of Saudi ladies proudly owning industrial information, accounting for 40% of the industrial information of present establishments.
The HRC president mentioned that girls now can maintain positions within the judiciary, safety and the army, and they’re equal to males as members of the Public Prosecution the place there are 200 ladies. A complete of 282 ladies work as administrative employees, 238 are trainees, 8,377 are in safety and army companies, and 9,976 within the Ministry of Inside and its affiliated sectors.
“Ladies at this time are going through plenty of challenges with a view to apply their rights assured to them by Islam, together with being disadvantaged of a few of their rights in some societies, Islamophobia, and the unfold of hate speech,” she identified.
The president additionally touched on what affected person Palestinian ladies are experiencing at this time, particularly within the Gaza Strip, which is witnessing tragic and inhuman situations ensuing from the warfare and aggression waged by the Israeli occupation authorities towards civilians, nearly all of whom are harmless ladies, kids and the aged.
Dr. Al-Tuwaijri expressed that she hopes that the convention will contribute to setting a map for legislative reforms and initiatives aimed toward empowering ladies and enhancing their function in a reasonable Islamic society, in addition to offering them with the chance to completely take part in varied financial, instructional and social fields.