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Saudi: 1,800 women served 30,500 beneficiaries in 2020
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Justice has witnessed a growing empowerment of women working as legal and social researchers, administrative assistants, program developers, and notaries.
The new structure of the Ministry of Justice included creating a women’s department.
In this context, the number of licensed female lawyers in the Kingdom increased during the past year by 60% compared to the previous year. There were 618 female lawyers in 2019 and by the end of 2020, this number had increased to 1,029.