it's truly a no man's land! Saudi Arabia is planning to build a city
exclusively for women in a bid to encourage career oriented females
within its strict Sharia law. The Saudi Industrial Property Authority
(Modon) has been asked to bring the country at par with the rest of the
modern world by building the all women city, with construction to begin
next year, according to a Saudi media report
.
The new city will allow women's desire to work without defying the country's strict Islamic laws.
Sharia Law is the moral code and religious law of Islam dealing
with crime, politics, and economics, as well as personal matters such as
sexual intercourse, hygiene, diet, prayer, and fasting.
Although Saudi Sharia law does not prohibit women to work,
figures show that only 15 per cent of women are represented in the
workforce.
The plan coincides with the government's ambitions to get women
to play a more active part in the development of the country. Among the
stated objectives are to create jobs, particularly for younger women.
"I'm sure that women can demonstrate their efficiency in many
aspects and clarify the industries that best suits their interests,
their nature and their ability," Modon's deputy director-general, Saleh
Al-Rasheed, said.
"We are now working on a second industrial city for women. We
have plans to establish a number of women-only industries in various
parts of the kingdom," the 'Daily Mail' quoted Rasheed, as telling Saudi
daily newspaper al-Eqtisadiah.
There will be women-run firms and production lines for women.
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