Saudi plans women's city
Published: 13 June 2004, Gulf Daily News
RIYADH: Saudi authorities have approved the establishment of an all-women industrial city that will host training centres and employ approximately 10,000 women at more than 80 factories, the city's main investor said yesterday.
Hessa Aloun, who runs an investment company and is also a member of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce, said that a Chinese and a Malaysian company have already signed agreements to start training programmes that will kick off in early 2005.
"I wanted to have a place where there would be training centres for women, next to factories and companies - a fully-fledged industrial city for women," said Aloun.
The city will be built about 10km from the centre of the Red Sea port city of Jeddah.
I'm all for equality of the sexes, but this is plainly a stupid idea. What is Aloun thinking of? Another large-scale sweatshop for Asian female labour? Surely, Aloun's not thinking that Saudi women want to, or will be allowed to, work?
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