Now, women in Saudi Arabia can to open their own business without the permission from her husband

News24xx.com - Now, women in Saudi Arabia can to open their own businesses without the consent of their husbands or brothers, because now, the kingdom was encourages the expansion of the private sector to grow rapidly.

The change in policy that announced by the Saudi government on Thursday, February 15, 2018, marks a major step forward from a rigorous trust system that has ruled the country for decades.

"Now, a women can to launch their own businesses and get benefit from e-services without having to prove the consent from their husband or father," the trade and investment ministry said on its website.

Earlier, under Saudi Arabia's guardianship system, a women were required to show evidence of permission from a male "guardian" - usually a husband, father or brother - to do government documents, travel or register at a school.

After hung the economy on crude oil production, Saudi Arabia now encourages its citizens to expand the country's private sector, including the expansion of women's work under reform plans for the post-oil era.

While previously women still face some restrictions in conservative Muslim kingdoms, now, Saudi Arabia's prosecutor's office would start to recruiting female investigators for the first time.

The kingdom has also opened 140 positions for women at airports and border crossings, and has gained 107,000 female applicants.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the heir to the ruling Saudi throne, has led to expand the role of women in the workforce in recent months.

His father, King Salman, in September approved the end of a decade-long ban on driving, which came into effect in June 2018.

The 32-year-old prince promised to makes "moderate of Saudi Arabia" in October, by violates many rules that makes by ultra-conservative ulemas to attract foreign investors.

Prince Mohammed is widely seen as the chief architect behind Saudi Arabia's "Vision 2030" reform program, which seeks to increase the percentage of women in the workforce from 22 per cent to almost 33 per cent.

 

 

 

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