Saudi Arabia’s railway has 32 qualified women operators at the helm of the Kingdom’s high-speed rail network after they completed a 12 month program.Read mor...

The train is Spanish Talgo 350 SRO with an operating speed of 300 km/h

  • lnxtx@feddit.nlاَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ
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    10 months ago

    I’m not judging. Just curious what you guys think.

    Is it a PR stunt or a real cultural revolution?

    • تحريرها كلها ممكنOPاَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ
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      10 months ago

      Saudi Arabia has changed significantly since 2017, specially when it comes to enabling women.

      In the past women had access to higher education and even sometimes outperformed men, but they didn’t have a lot of job opportunities afterwards. Now I see women working in more and more places and taking more diverse roles.