Saudi women have the 8% of small and medium enterprises

Surplus of workers in government agencies exceed 50%

Feminist conference revealed that the proportion of establishments owned by Saudi women in the sector of small and medium enterprises amount to 8%, while the proportion of men have in this sector 92%.
The Professional Women's Conference which was held in Al-Khobar, to the growth of the small size of the projects owned by Saudi women over the past years and its role in moving the capital of women.
A number of heads and businesswomen During the conference, which aims to discuss the future of women's work, the importance of facilitating and diversity of women's employment in the private sector and amending certain regulations for the continued growth of their businesses and to maintain opportunities for their work in the private sector for longer periods, Mshiddat the importance of motivating women to own their businesses small and medium- .
Hanadi said Angawi, trained in the program'' breakthrough'' in the Centennial Fund, said that small businesses play an important role in contributing to the local economy, where growth rate jumped business records to the year 2010 to 95%, while the number of jobs that absorbed by these projects up to 62%.
She stressed that the sector a major role in reducing unemployment rates between the sexes, if what has been reducing the percentage of foreign employment in these projects controlled by up to 82%.
The Angawi that small enterprises contribute to the GDP of the economy by up to 33%, noting that its contribution in the recruitment process up to 52%.
They noted that the proportion of male-owned enterprises in this sector amounted to 92%, while the women recorded 8%, note that women in the Kingdom to have 4.8% of the total bank deposits in banks in the Kingdom.
With regard to the number of small and medium enterprises in the Kingdom until the end of 2010, has amounted to over of 833 thousand facility, noting that the surplus of workers in government agencies exceed 50%, and the size of the unemployment of foreign total employment exotic representing 20%, stressing the importance of reducing the proportion of recruitment employment by up to 25% as a solution to the problem of unemployment among young people