All applicants must have a clean record and be medically fit for service. (Supplied)
Women in Saudi Arabia can now take up arms and enter the military, the latest profession in the kingdom to open up to female recruits.
Saudi Arabian women can be employed as soldiers, lance corporals, corporals, sergeants, and staff sergeants, according to the Saudi-based Arab News.
Jobs have been gradually opening up for Saudi women, whose increased participation in the workforce is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s plans to transform the Arab world’s largest economy.
It is now common to see Saudi women working as cashiers in shopping malls and taking up roles that were previously limited to men, such as waiting tables in restaurants and brewing cappuccinos in coffee houses.
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Update #1: Saudi Arabia opens military recruitment to women (Arab News)
Update #2: Saudi Arabia allows women to join military (Gulf News)
WNU Editor: Another sign that the times are changing.
2 comments:
I may be wrong but it seems to me when the kid took over the societal situation began to change noticeably. Such change was in the background and not precedent setting before his becoming active, I think, but not anymore.
Women in the time of the prophet fought. During a battle the Muslim camp was attacked and the women took up spears.
I don't think there is anything contrary to Islam for women to take up arms are a National Guard.
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