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Sunday, 13, August, 2006 (19, Rajab, 1427)
Unemployment Among Women
Abid Khazindar . Al-Riyadh
Out of eight million Saudi women, the number of working women
is only 300,000. There are many signs indicating that the remaining women are
unemployed.
A local newspaper recently mentioned that more than 100,000
university and college graduates had applied for the same 5,000 jobs. At the
beginning of August, Al-Riyadh newspaper published a story saying that students
with GPAs less than 93 percent were turned away from places at King Saud
University. Meanwhile, four percent of high school graduates in Jeddah had not
been given places at King Abdul Aziz University.
No matter what, the number of youngsters who haven't had any
luck gaining university places or jobs in the government sector will be added
to the ever-increasing number of unemployed in the country. This number is
increasing everyday especially since the doors that were opened for women in
order to provide them with 10,000 jobs were again closed. Only God knows when
will they be open again.
Another newspaper recently said that the General Organization
for Technical Education and Vocational Training (GOTEVOT) had admitted 1,500
women in Jeddah to train them in different professions that the job market
needs. The institution signed contracts with 17 specialized institutions under
the supervision of its women's section. This is the first time that they are
training women on how to model and sell products, perform reception and
secretarial tasks and how to keep accounts, etc.
What about other regions in the Kingdom? Why can't we start a
program similar to the one GOTEVOT initiated in Jeddah? Most importantly, is
there a possibility to hire trainees who are trained for jobs that they can't
work in at present time?
Unfortunately, there are many questions that remain
unanswered regarding this issue. A solution can only be found if the
responsible authorities fight and support GOTEVOT's decisions without any
hesitation or delay.
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