Women's Campaign International » Saudi Arabia http://www.womenscampaigninternational.org Empowering Women to Transform Their Communities. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:17:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 First Woman Appointed to Saudi Council of Ministers http://www.womenscampaigninternational.org/2009/03/first-woman-appointed-to-saudi-council-of-ministers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-woman-appointed-to-saudi-council-of-ministers http://www.womenscampaigninternational.org/2009/03/first-woman-appointed-to-saudi-council-of-ministers/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:39:37 +0000 WCI http://www.womenscampaigninternational.org/?p=898 In honor of Sunday’s International Women’s Day, WCI celebrates the appointment of the first woman, Noor Al-Fayez, to the Saudi Council of Ministers.  It was announced in last month’s cabinet reshuffle that Ms. Al-Fayez will serve as Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Minister of Women’s Education.  She has stressed her commitment to speaking out against bureaucracy to improve girls’ education in her country. It’s an important step and we hope Noor Al- Fayez is the first of many women officials to serve on the Council.

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