To expand its own economy, Saudi Arabia is joining a global structural shift toward multiple-wage households as women move into more and more careers that used to be off-limits.
Rana Abdullah Zumai is the vice president of the Saudi Professional Fashion Association and senior director of corporate communications and knowledge at the Saudi Geological Survey. As the VP of the SPFA, she empowers and educates the fashion industry about sustainability and assists them in making a global impact. From 2018 up until this year, she was executive manager of
Rana Abdullah Zumai was recently appointed as a senior director of corporate communications and knowledge at the Saudi Geological Survey. From 2018 up until this year, she was executive manager of corporate communications at Nesma Co. Ltd. Between 2013 and 2018, she worked for the same company as general manager, establishing partnerships responsible for managing four Nesma
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Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 set ambitious targets for all sectors of the kingdom. But Saudi women are expected to become the main beneficiaries of the reforms, as they go from being largely unseen in public life to playing a driving role in business, government and society.
Since his appointment as crown prince in 2017, Mohammed bin Salman s sweeping reforms allowed women to drive, take up key positions on the state s Shura Council, and work as ambassadors and public servants.
The National spoke to women across the kingdom to reflect on the changes taking place.
“Saudi women have more rights than ever before,” Hayat Osman, a young lawyer in Riyadh, told