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VIVA – Saudi Arabia will hire more than 80 female taxi drivers at four Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) airports. This is part of the first phase of an initiative called Women's Track to empower women in various areas of transportation.
It was launched by the Transport General Authority (TGA) on Sunday in cooperation with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development.
In this phase, three agreements will be signed with major companies licensed to operate airport taxis.
More than 80 female drivers will be hired from four airports, namely King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, and Prince Muhammad International Airport in Madinah.
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A comprehensive training program will also be provided to acquire basic driving skills. The program also includes lessons in decoration, customer service, first aid, and the English language.
The TGA said that this women-only lane initiative will contribute to improving and developing the transportation service experience. This policy is in line with the Kingdom government's desire to support job creation, increase local content and actively promote the role of women.
In the second phase of the initiative, female taxi drivers will be employed at all other airports in the Kingdom. This second edition of the Tawteen program is expected to create 170,000 jobs, including 25,000 in the industrial sector, 30,000 in the tourism sector, and 20,000 in the healthcare, transportation and logistics, real estate, and construction sectors.
The program also aims to create 15,000 jobs in the business sector, and 40,000 jobs in other economic sectors. This policy comes along with the continuation of social reforms aimed at reducing the gender gap following Vision 2030.
In a bid to support the increased role of women in the national economy, the Kingdom has announced it will include private female drivers as part of the new jobs under the employment program.
