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Saudi Women Will Officially Be Allowed To Open Their Own Businesses WITHOUT Male Permission Thanks To A New Reform
The Saudi government has given permission to the women in the kingdom to start their own businesses without the permission of their male-counterpart.
Women in the past were only allowed to open a business with the approval of a guardian and visit a clerk to for documentation.
As of Sunday, Saudi’s Ministry of Commerce and Investment announced on twitter that a new system will electronically allow women to start-up their business with no special permission.
The Kingdom has also seen a 29% increase in female lawyers
The number of licensed Saudi lawyers in 2017 reached almost five thousand practitioners – 4,607 were men and 209 were women.
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An increase of 29% for women lawyers compared to 13% for men lawyers from last year.
2030 vision for a more modern Kingdom
This modernisation and liberalisation of the Kingdom is credited to crown prince Mohammad bin Salman’s 2030 Vision for a more modern Kingdom, which is less reliant on oil.
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