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Women’s sports sector can generate 250,000 jobs

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Saudi Arabia's Jeddah United warm up before their friendly basketball game against Jordan's Al Reyadeh in Amman April 21, 2009. Due to the strict version of Islam the Saudi kingdom follows, women cannot drive or vote and have few legal rights. Despite that, when it comes to sports, Saudi women are quietly forming soccer, basketball, volleyball and other teams throughout the kingdom in the past few years. And some like Jeddah United, which is made up mostly of students and housewives, are pushing for change. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN SPORT BASKETBALL POLITICS SOCIETY)

The sports sector for women has the potential to create 250,000 jobs, according to Vice President of Women’s Affairs of the General Authority of Sports Princess Reema Bint Bandar Bin Sultan.

“It’s time to include women in sports for a healthier society and a productive economy,” she said addressing an audience on the second day of the MiSK Global Forum here Wednesday.

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