Saudi Women’s Education and Work Opportunities: Equity Matters
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عنوان الدورية
ردمد الدورية
عنوان المجلد
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International Journal of Technology and Inclusive Education (IJTIE)
خلاصة
In the context of Saudi Arabia, women are more likely to have fewer work opportunities and a lower income than their male counterparts. Alnajem [1] found that poor Saudi women suffer from a low level of education and lack of employment opportunities. She emphasizes that certain social and cultural factors interact to influence the women’s experience as victims of poverty. However, the wave of globalization impacts on women’s status; whereby Waterman [2] argues there is a global movement of women, which seems to be aware of the neoliberal discourse to free itself from the economic and politic determinants. This improvement in the economic and social status of women would balance the economic equation. Saudi women are not far from this movement, where many developments have occurred in their status so far. The impact of gender inequality on women’s status in Saudi Arabia will be discussed in this paper. This study used documents to investigate the issue from theoretical aspects. It concluded that there is a significant shift in the policy and attitudes towards women in the context of Saudi Arabia. The royal government has raised the awareness of the importance of women education and status; the late King Abdullah recognized women’s right to stand as candidates in the municipal council elections. These movements and official decisions would change the treatment of, and attitudes towards, women and serve to empower their feminist agency.