NEW YORK: Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology Eng. Abdullah Alswaha has stressed that the support and empowerment of youth and women by Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has led to one of the Kingdom’s greatest success stories of inclusion and empowerment, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Sunday.
The minister while speaking at the UN Summit of the Future, Alswaha pointed out that the Crown Prince’s vision is a source of inspiration for the people of Saudi Arabia and creates a global momentum for diversifying the economy through empowering women and the youth, as well as harnessing innovation and technology.
In his speech at “The Hope of Digital” session, the minister said that the Kingdom recorded the highest percentage of women participation in the tech sector, 35% in just six years, surpassing the EU and G20 average.
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He also referred to some inspiring stories of women empowerment and inclusion in technology in Saudi Arabia, including the biggest women and youth participation in programming, led by the Misk Foundation, a project that resulted in the training of one million women and youths through the “Saudi Codes” program, and in sending the first Muslim Arab female astronaut, Rayyanah Barnawi, to the International Space Station.
Alswaha added that these successes have contributed to Saudi Arabia’s ranking high in several global indices, such as the UN E-Government Development Index 2024, in which the Kingdom came fourth globally and second among the G20 countries in the digital services index.
