Women around the world are making impressive strides; they’ve led the fight against Covid-19, are increasingly taking on senior policy positions and running corporate board rooms, as part of an increasing number of thought leaders who are making a difference that will inspire generations to come.
Under the Chairmanship of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Council of Economic Affairs and Development, the Board of Directors of the Public Investment Fund approved the Fund's five-year strategy.
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince and Chairman of the NEOM Company Board of Directors, today announced THE LINE, a revolution in urban living at NEOM, and a blueprint for how people and planet can co-exist in harmony.
THE LINE, a 170km belt of hyper-connected future communities, without cars and roads and built around nature, is a direct response to some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity today such as legacy infrastructure, pollution, traffic, and human congestion.
The Governments of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States held a meeting of the Saudi- U.S Strategic Dialogue on October 14, 2020, in Washington, D.C. His Highness, Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo co-chaired the Dialogue.
Overview
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has approved delegating Princess Haifa bint Abdulaziz bin Mohammed bin Ayyaf Al Muqrin to be a Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Princess Haifa, who holds a Master of Science in Economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London, has extensive experience in social and economic fields and their applications and international work.
Saudi Arabia was the top reformer and improver among 190 economies in the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law 2020 report, achieving a score of 70.6 out of 100.
The report places the Kingdom first among Gulf Cooperation Council countries and second in the Arab world.
Saudi Arabia has made outstanding improvements in six out of eight indicators measured by the report: mobility, workplace, marriage, parenthood, entrepreneurship and pension.
Following the conclusion of the investigation by US law enforcement authorities into the shooting incident at Pensacola Naval Air Station on December 6, 2019 involving a Royal Saudi Air Force cadet, the official spokesperson of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Washington would like to stress the following points: