32% unemployment rate amongst women in Saudi Arabia

Lama Al Sulaiman, Board Member of Rolaco and Vice Chairwoman of Jeddah Chamber of Commerce talks about the unemployment rate amongst Saudi women.

She said, “The unemployment rate in Saudi Arabia for women is 32% and 6% for men. 80% of the unemployment are women. 66% work in the public sector, 30% in the private sector and 4% are businesswomen.”

“There is a study that has been done by one of the major consultancy companies called the Pearl Initiative. The study is regarding women in leadership positions in the GCC. They found that participation is quite low,” she added.