Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, or MBS, is driving Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, a plan to diversify the economy and reduce oil dependence.

The vision contributed to the Kingdom's growth, with an 8.7% economic increase in 2022.

MBS has led economic reforms, including workforce training and investments in public and private sectors, aiming to strengthen economic ties with countries.

The non-oil sector grew 8.2 percent, and the Kingdom rose eight ranks in the World Competitiveness Yearbook 2022.

MBS announced Vision 2030 in 2016 to develop the nation and improve citizen well-being, reducing oil dependence and enhancing citizens' quality of life.

The reforms include tourism, women's empowerment, and a knowledge economy, creating jobs and generating GDP returns.

MBS has consolidated power, shaping Saudi foreign policy and easing women's guardianship rules, allowing women to drive, attend concerts, and travel without male consent.

Women in Saudi Arabia now make up 33% of the workforce, with women holding 41.4% of senior and middle management positions in 2021.

MBS has introduced reforms to reduce the influence of the Wahhabi establishment, including restricting the religious police and promoting tolerance and moderation.

The Saudi government has limited the powers of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice and established the Saudi Entertainment Authority.

MBS's reforms have improved Saudi citizens' lives, especially women's, but human rights and minority issues persist, with concerns over the treatment of dissidents and minority groups.

The Kingdom has implemented the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and updated its laws to protect citizens' rights, carrying out 82 historical reforms in human rights over six years.

MBS's reforms have made significant progress towards the 2030 vision, particularly in diversifying the economy and reducing oil dependence, increasing women's labor market participation to 33.8%.

Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, or MBS, is driving Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, a plan to diversify the economy and reduce oil dependence.

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Activists and bloggers have launched a campaign that exposes the mirage of Vision 2030, long promoted by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, describing it as a lifeline for the Saudi economy.
The campaign was launched after five years of Vision 2030 and the failure of the Crown Prince to implement it through the hashtags # Mirage2030 and # Mirage2030.
The tweets stressed that Vision 2030 is nothing but a mirage and illusion, as its programs have remained ink on paper and the dates have become less credible despite the warning of Saudi experts to the indiscreet crown prince.
They stressed that Vision 2030 and its promises, such as cutting oil in 2020, are empty promises to numb the people and a mirage that moves away from the Kingdom as it approaches its deadlines.
They highlighted that the outcome of the booming economy has only increased the burden on the Saudi citizen, while anyone who demanded his rights was imprisoned or killed, while prisons were filled with scientists and activists under the vision of its alleged slogan, the dignity of the citizen.
The tweets pointed out that the war in Yemen, the bombing of the oil company Aramco and the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi added to the mud and the decline of foreign investment, which was one of the pillars of Vision 2030.
Forbes magazine has previously revealed that indicators began to abound about the existence of real problems threatening the project of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for development and economic reform, known as "Vision 2030".
These indicators include the sharp collapse in foreign investment over the past year, rising unemployment among Saudis, especially with the increase in the number of expatriate workers, and the private sector struggling to achieve some growth.
The biggest “dramatic ” evidence that the Saudi economy is not doing well is the sharp decline in domestic investment, with net foreign direct investment (FDI) falling, according to UN figures, to $1.4 billion, from about $7.5 billion a year earlier.
Analysts say the kingdom ’ s drive to diversify its economy and move away from dependence on oil revenues through private sector development appears to be a difficult goal to achieve.
Although Saudi businessmen say Saudis must be confident that the situation has changed and the country is moving forward, Forbes reports that, along with economic problems, there are problems that may surface and affect Mohammed bin Salman ’ s Vision 2030 project, including strong opposition from within the royal family and growing anger among large segments of the Saudi population, especially the unemployed.
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What are some of the key goals of Vision 2030 for society and economy?

What are the main goals of the 2016- launched Vision 2030?

To lessen reliance on oil.
To diversify Saudi Arabia's economy

What has MBS done since becoming Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia?

The vision contributed to the Kingdom's growth, with an 8.7% economic increase in 2022.

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Content: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Crown Prince Delivers Annual Royal Speech at Shura Council
Our Fastest Growing Economy and Positive Results Promises More Success
He said: “The Kingdom is moving forward in its development renaissance according to its vision and ambitious programs.
The vision will contribute to maintaining the Kingdom ’ s advanced position.
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, confirmed that the Saudi economy is the fastest growing at the G20 level for 2022, revealing the growth of the Kingdom ’ s GDP 8.7%, and the non-oil GDP 4.8% during 2022.
This came within the annual royal speech delivered today on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at the Shura Council headquarters with the opening of the fourth year of the Shura Council in its eighth session.
His Highness said: The Kingdom is continuing its development in accordance with its vision and ambitious programs, and Vision 2030 will contribute to maintaining the Kingdom ’ s advanced status, and we will continue to work in the process of economic transformation in accordance with the objectives of the vision.
In detail, His Highness the Crown Prince said: On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, may God protect him, we open the work of the fourth year of the Shura Council in its eighth session, and we thank God for the many blessings bestowed on us, and for the huge achievements achieved at various levels.
He added that your country is continuing its development in accordance with Vision 2030 and its ambitious programs, which will contribute - God willing - to maintain the Kingdom's advanced position globally, and achieve more development and prosperity and provide a decent life for citizens.
He added: "Our country has achieved advanced positions in many fields, including its progress in more than 50% of the indicators of sustainable development of the United Nations, and the development of the Saudi economy to be the fastest growing, at the level of the G20 countries in 2022, with a rate of 8.7% growth in GDP, as well as growth in non-oil GDP by 4.8%, and reach among the 20 most competitive countries in the world."
In the field of tourism, our country achieved a historic performance in the first quarter of 2023 with a growth of 64%, and we will continue to work on the path of economic transformation in accordance with the objectives of the vision, and the positive results herald more successes to achieve economic reforms and strengthen the financial position of the Kingdom to enhance the overall economic growth of our country.
He said: In order to facilitate the performance of Hajj and Umrah for the largest possible number of pilgrims and Umrah; the Kingdom has welcomed more than (1.800.000) pilgrims who performed Hajj rituals, and more than (10.000.000) pilgrims during the past year, which is one of the results of the service program of pilgrims pilgrims pilgrims, one of the programs of Vision 2030.
His Highness the Crown Prince continued in his speech: Based on the Kingdom ’ s position at the regional and international levels, and its influential presence at all levels, the Kingdom has worked to strengthen its constructive relations with brotherly and friendly countries, where it hosted a number of major summits that brought together more than 100 countries last year.
He said that the selection of the Kingdom to host the Expo 2030 comes as a confirmation of its global prestige and confidence, and to be an ideal front for hosting the most prominent international forums.
His Highness added that the Kingdom held an extraordinary joint Arab and Islamic summit to confront the painful events facing our brothers in Gaza, through which the Kingdom worked to create a joint Arab and Islamic movement to pressure the international community to take serious and firm positions to stop the Israeli aggression and allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip.
The Crown Prince stressed that "the Kingdom's firm approach is based on respect for the national sovereignty of all countries, non-interference in their internal affairs, permanent commitment to the principles of international legitimacy and its resolutions, adherence to the principles of good neighborliness and peaceful resolution of disputes, and taking all that would enhance security and stability in the region and the world."
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They reviewed the progress on the Saudi investment in Pakistan

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RIYADH (APP) - Adviser at the Royal Court and General Secretary of Saudi-Pakistan Supreme Coordination Council Mohammed bin Mazyad Al-Tuwaijri called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif here on Saturday and discussed the ways to strengthen economic ties between the two countries.

Both sides expressed exceptional warmth for further promoting economic relations between the two countries. They reviewed the progress on the Saudi investment in Pakistan, during the visit of the delegation led by Saudi foreign minister to Pakistan.

Al-Tuwaijri and his delegation expressed deep interest in the Saudi investment by the Saudi government and companies in Pakistan.

He said after the visit of Saudi Foreign Minister to Pakistan, work had started on priority basis on the Saudi investment in Pakistan.

The work has started on war footing in investment in Pakistan, which includes investment from both the public and private sectors, he added.

He said a delegation comprising Saudi business community and investors would soon visit Pakistan.

Al-Tuwaijri, who is In Charge of the Vision 2030 of Saudi Arabia, told the prime minister in detail about the said project.

He said, “We want that the economic relations of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia should move forward in the backdrop of Saudi Vision 2030.”

According to the Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia would provide all kinds of assistance for providing training to the Pakistan workforce and government officials.

A detailed briefing was given to the prime minister on the reforms agenda of Saudi Arabia.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan wanted to benefit from the successful reforms policy of Saudi Arabia to modernise governance structure of Pakistan.

He said Pakistan and Saudi Arabia had fraternal relations which were strengthening with the passage of time, adding economic relations of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia had entered a new phase.

He said notable progress was made regarding investment in different sectors in Pakistan by Saudi Arabia, during the visit of the delegation led by Saudi foreign minister.

“We are moving with a lightning speed after the progress made during the visit of the Saudi delegation to Pakistan,” he added.

The PM said the people of Pakistan had immense regard and respect for the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques His Excellency King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud.

He thanked the Saudi Crown Prince and the Prime Minister for their warm welcome and magnificent hosting.

Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Finance Minister and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb, Minister for Petroleum Musadiq Malik, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, Minister for Power Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari, Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan, Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Jehanzeb Khan and high level officials were also present.

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What are some of the key goals of Vision 2030 for society and economy?

What are the main goals of the 2016- launched Vision 2030?

To lessen reliance on oil.
To diversify Saudi Arabia's economy
To attract foreign investment

What has MBS done since becoming Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia?

The non-oil sector grew 8.2 percent, and the Kingdom rose eight ranks in the World Competitiveness Yearbook 2022.

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After a decade-long series of rises, oil prices fell dramatically in 2015, and with it the Saudi economy faced a very complex situation, amid widespread concern about the continued state of the oil market saturated with production and stocks, and the dependence of the Saudi economy on this single resource.
The economy of the Kingdom was on the verge of repeating the experience of falling prices at the end of the 1980s, and the wheel of development stopped until the oil market regained its balance.
The difficult situation of the main fuel "oil" to the state treasury coincided with the pledge of allegiance of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, who made rapid structural changes from the first moments to avoid a repeat of the economic crisis in the 1990s, beginning with the establishment of the Council of Economic and Development Affairs headed by Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
No one realized at the time the importance of the decision and its profound impact on the Saudi economy, enabling a new generation of young leaders to achieve the historic role assigned to them at this important stage.
It was not long before the Kingdom ’ s Vision 2030 shone in April 2016, seeking to exploit the Kingdom ’ s strengths, namely its vital strategic position on the world map, investment power, Arab and Islamic depth, and harnessing all potential to achieve great national ambitions.
The vision promised at that time a huge challenge in all its numbers, and the exact timing of its completion, but most importantly the emergence of the personality of Prince Mohammed bin Salman as an able leader with scientific and practical knowledge of the capabilities and capabilities of his country and people.
His speeches and speeches to the international and local media clearly reflected his vision of the place that the Kingdom should achieve among the countries of the world, especially in important national issues such as national transformation, diversification of sources of income, empowerment of the private sector, fighting corruption and extremism.
The challenges of national transformation began with extensive changes in ministries and leadership and the establishment of bodies with unprecedented transparency, under the supervision and diligent follow-up of the Crown Prince, which contributed to accelerating progress.
The period following the structural changes of the ministries required extensive tours of Prince Mohammed bin Salman around the world to achieve several objectives, most notably reforming the oil market and opening the doors to Saudi investments led by the Public Investment Fund in its new version.
After Prince Mohammed bin Salman assumed the crown prince on June 21, 2017, work continued on maximizing the vision ’ s output.
History records the praise of heads of state and international organizations for his efforts and ability to reform the mechanisms of decision-making in the oil market, which culminated in the production of "OPEC +" with careful governance of its work, which restored prices to levels before the collapse of 2015.
Saudi Arabia is now the world ’ s fastest-growing country among the G20, with 13 percent in the first half of this year, which is witnessing the suffering of many countries with severe economic, social, administrative and political problems.
The current growth is more sustainable than ever because of the actions taken.
The non - oil sector grew by 8.2 per cent.
Already, the Kingdom has overcome difficult circumstances in five years, to crown today the world summit in several indicators, where it advanced eight ranks in the report of the World Competitiveness Yearbook 2022, ranked 24th out of 63 countries considered the most competitive in the world, and the second best performance in the world, and the financial market achieved the best performance in 14 years.
G20 countries topped the flow of international tourist arrivals in the first seven months of last year, according to the latest reports from the World Tourism Organization, at a rate of more than 121 percent.
Within one year, several programs, plans and designs were launched, including the design of The Line, Oxagon, Trogina and ENOA, which deals with innovations and the energy, water and hydrogen industries, NEOM Digital Technology, as well as sustainability projects in Riyadh with more than 68 initiatives in five sectors, worth more than 346 billion riyals, City Visions and Downtown Jeddah.
There is no secret when it is said that all the previous projects, plans and initiatives have been implemented and implemented under the personal follow-up of the Crown Prince, and to achieve sustainability for development, and to complement the mega projects comes the Royal Order appointing him as Prime Minister, to consolidate the firm and lay the foundations of the Kingdom of the future.
There is no doubt that the wisdom of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques was manifested in choosing the right time for this decision, coinciding with the stage of change, reform and development to reach the Kingdom - as the Crown Prince - the highest heaven.
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What are some of the key goals of Vision 2030 for society and economy?

What are the main goals of the 2016- launched Vision 2030?

What has MBS done since becoming Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia?

MBS announced Vision 2030 in 2016 to develop the nation and improve citizen well-being, reducing oil dependence and enhancing citizens' quality of life.

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Content: The fruits of "vision" and the well-being of the citizen..
“A Prosperous Image of the Kingdom ” in Direct Phrases of the Crown Prince
I was keen to strengthen all the elements of the homeland and consolidate its potentials and advantages and achieve the elements of security and safety
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
In explicit terms and direct words that cannot bear insinuation or interpretation, Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman painted a prosperous picture of the future of the Kingdom in the coming years, stressing that all the programs and plans introduced by Vision 2030 were aimed only at the common good, represented in the development of the nation and the well-being of the citizen.
The crown prince was a guest on Fox News, in a comprehensive dialogue, during which he revealed the Kingdom ’ s trends in the coming phase, and the features of the impact of Vision 2030 on the country ’ s progress and growth, specifically in the economic field; this is the crown prince ’ s first interview with an American news network since 2019.
The Crown Prince addressed several internal files, in which he spoke frankly and clearly, announcing to everyone that his personal interest focused on the security of the homeland, the safety of the people and the higher interests, as well as on the economic development of the society and its social welfare.
Comprehensive Reforms
The efforts exerted by the Crown Prince during the implementation of the vision ’ s requirements reflect His Highness ’ keenness to strengthen all the components of the country and consolidate its capabilities and comparative advantages in order to reformulate the country through a package of comprehensive and radical reforms that affected all aspects of life. If the country does not enjoy all the elements of security and safety required, which is what the vision has achieved on the ground.
Coronavirus crisis
The vision announced by the Crown Prince in the summer of 2016, when it promised the Saudi people a new Kingdom, with a strong and sustainable economy, capable of facing any global challenges or crises, which the countries of the world witnessed when they saw the Saudi economy able to face the challenges of the Corona crisis, and at the same time, achieve the required prosperity. obliges them to revisit their programs.
Confidence in the Citizen
It has not been long since the implementation of the vision programs, but they have yielded positive results that have enhanced the national economy and the welfare of the citizen through the introduction of new investment programs and fields that have made the required difference in the national economy, diversifying sources of income and reducing dependence on oil income, as opposed to dependence on the income of non-oil sectors.
The Crown Prince was more clear when he announced in the dialogue that change in the Kingdom would not have happened without the presence of the citizen wishing to change and seeking it in various ways, and this required His Highness to give confidence in the capabilities of the citizen and his personal potential in carrying out the process of change, hence the role of the citizen in the implementation of Vision 2030 is large and pivotal. its security, economy, education, health, livelihood and social welfare.
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What are some of the key goals of Vision 2030 for society and economy?

What are the main goals of the 2016- launched Vision 2030?

To lessen reliance on oil.
To diversify Saudi Arabia's economy

What has MBS done since becoming Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia?

The reforms include tourism, women's empowerment, and a knowledge economy, creating jobs and generating GDP returns.

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Content: Extensive reforms in the Kingdom in 2022
Financial: The reforms of the Crown Prince have great support from the youth
2020-12-28 at 08: 16
The Citizen - Translated by Hala Abdulrahman
The Financial Times pointed out that the Kingdom is carrying out extensive reforms under the auspices of Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in rapid steps that enjoy great support from the Kingdom ’ s youth.
Extensive repairs
The newspaper reported that the year 2022 witnessed extensive changes in the Kingdom, based on the ambitious Vision 2030 launched by the Crown Prince, and the year 2022, when Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, launched an important series of reforms.
These reforms include renewing and diversifying the economy to make it less dependent on oil and more open to other sources such as tourism.
The Kingdom is trying to attract young talent and Western companies in the face of growing global and regional competition, in addition to providing a more modern lifestyle.
Support for youth and women
The newspaper praised the elements of the empowerment of Saudi women and their inclusion in many fields and participation in many activities, which enabled them to achieve achievements at the local and regional level, while the Saudis welcomed these steps and enjoyed great popularity and support.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has received widespread support from Saudi youth.
The words of support and motivation for young people are always present in most of the speeches of the Crown Prince, which was evident during the launch of the National Intellectual Property Strategy, which is one of the possibilities to achieve the objectives of the Kingdom ’ s Vision 2030, aimed at building an intellectual property system that supports the economy based on innovation and creativity.
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“We have minds and energies that are passionate about innovation and creativity, and by enabling it, the Kingdom will be a fertile environment for the knowledge economy through an integrated intellectual property system that supports the development of innovative technologies and industries and contributes to the growth of enterprises.
In 2016, His Highness the Crown Prince announced the future vision of Saudi Arabia 2030, and Prince Mohammed bin Salman stressed that youth are the real force to achieve the national vision, which he believes will be achieved only through the Saudi youth, which is one of the most prominent advantages in Saudi Arabia.
Since then, Vision 2030 has placed youth as a pillar and roadmap to empower them, get out of the oil mantle, invest, and diversify economic incomes.

How has Saudi Arabia diversified its economy under Vision 2030?

How has Vision 2030 affected women's rights and workforce participation?

Strengthened women's rights
gender equality

What are some of the key goals of Vision 2030 for society and economy?

allow recreational activities; Saudi women benefit from relaxed restrictions

What are the main goals of the 2016- launched Vision 2030?

What has MBS done since becoming Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia?

MBS has consolidated power, shaping Saudi foreign policy and easing women's guardianship rules, allowing women to drive, attend concerts, and travel without male consent.

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Content: After five years in power, Prince Mohammed bin Salman is back on the international stage with Biden ’ s visit.
RIYADH (AFP) - Five years after becoming crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Prince Mohammed bin Salman is poised to reassert his position internationally once again, with US President Joe Biden visiting the region and having long been sidelined by the West over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul.
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Biden's visit, which comes amid the war in Ukraine and the associated high energy prices, completes Mohammed bin Salman, 36, from his isolation, after visits to the kingdom by the leaders of France, Britain and Turkey.
On June 21, 2017, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, 86, named his son Mohammed as crown prince, and the latter immediately began a campaign of unprecedented economic and social reforms, but at the same time, he suppressed all opposition and tightened his grip on the country.
The crown prince has become the de facto ruler of the kingdom, one of the world ’ s largest oil exporters, in a reform process that has turned all aspects of life in the kingdom upside down.
But Khashoggi ’ s killing has cast such a shadow over Prince Mohammed ’ s tenure that Biden ’ s visit next month to Saudi Arabia, once a traditional trip for U.S. leaders, is highly controversial.
Khashoggi, who was close to Saudi power before becoming a critic of the crown prince, was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018 and dismembered by Saudis from the kingdom.
A US intelligence report concluded that Prince Mohammed approved the arrest or killing of Khashoggi.
The Saudi crown prince denies the accusations.
After the visits of French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Biden ’ s visit is a new recognition of the status of the Saudi crown prince.
Yasmine Farouk of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace believes that Washington has been the center of opposition to Mohammed bin Salman in terms of public official statements and mobilization in the West.
"This is exactly what Mohammed bin Salman has wanted for the past year and a half: a meeting and a photo with Biden as his counterpart," a diplomat living in Riyadh told AFP.
Women behind the wheel
Today, Prince Mohammed bin Salman has fingerprints in all the policies of the Kingdom and its society.
His reforms included abolishing the requirement for women to wear the black abaya and removing restrictions on their movements without the consent of their parents.
The wearing of the abaya and headscarf is now optional.
Women were also allowed to attend concerts and sporting events.
In 2018, they were finally allowed to drive.
The kingdom has also relaxed its guardianship system, allowing women to issue passports and travel outside the country without the consent of their male relatives.
This has contributed to the entry of women into the workforce, which has had a positive impact on the economy.
However, Saudi Arabia ’ s approach to women ’ s issues remains incomplete, especially with regard to those who dare to oppose it.
In 2018, authorities arrested dozens of women human rights defenders, most of them just a month before the women ’ s driving ban was lifted, including those who dared to challenge the driving ban.
In November 2017, authorities arrested dozens of princes and senior officials for questioning over corruption or disloyalty at the luxury Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh.
Hussein Ibish, of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, said Prince Mohammed "linked his comprehensive cultural, social and artistic revolution...
with a dramatic concentration of political power "in his hand.
"Close all obvious sources of direct opposition in order to control" the country, he said.
Expanding beyond borders
Prince Mohammed has also made his mark on his country ’ s foreign policy.
Two months after his father, King Salman, ascended the throne, and while he was defense minister, he pushed for military intervention in Yemen.
Riyadh formed a military coalition of several countries that carried out this intervention to support government forces against the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
As a result of the war, Yemen is experiencing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.
The war has killed hundreds of thousands of people directly or because of its aftermath, and pushed millions to the brink of famine, according to the United Nations.
Saudi Arabia has come under criticism, including from the United States, over the conflict, particularly when coalition air strikes have killed civilians.
In a sign of its desire to get out of the Yemeni quagmire, Saudi Arabia helped broker a truce in Yemen that began in April.
The boycott of Qatar, announced three weeks before Prince Mohammed takes office on June 21, was also a manifestation of Saudi foreign policy influenced by bin Salman ’ s influence.
But analysts say the kingdom has finally begun to adopt a conciliatory approach in the region, citing, for example, its involvement in direct talks with Iran, its regional rival, and Prince Mohammed ’ s recent statement that Israel is a “potential ally ” of his country amid regular reports of Saudi-Israeli rapprochement.
The most important element of Prince Mohammed ’ s Vision 2030 is reshaping his country ’ s oil-dependent economy.
The plan, which includes attracting about 30 million foreign tourists a year by 2030, is based on mega projects such as NEOM, the futuristic $500 billion science-fiction city with flying taxis and working robots.
Yasmine Farooq says Mohammed bin Salman “is the center of power (behind the change), but he has done nothing that was not already up for discussion in the public sphere. ”
Christian Ulrichsen, an analyst at Rice University's James Baker Institute, said: "Having achieved much of the argument that only he can change Saudi Arabia by 2030, the next several years will be crucial for Mohammed bin Salman and depend on him achieving tangible results that meet expectations."

How has Saudi Arabia empowered women and increased their labor market participation under Vision 2030?

By removing restrictions on freedom of movement

How has Vision 2030 affected women's rights and workforce participation?

Strengthened women's rights
gender equality

What are some of the key goals of Vision 2030 for society and economy?

allow recreational activities; Saudi women benefit from relaxed restrictions

What has MBS done since becoming Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia?

Has consolidated his power and removed potential rivals

What internal changes has MBS implemented in Saudi Arabia?

What new permissions have Saudi women gained under Mohammed bin Salman's rule?

Women in Saudi Arabia now make up 33% of the workforce, with women holding 41.4% of senior and middle management positions in 2021.

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Social transformations and economic challenges.
Women come to work.
Social transformations and economic challenges.
Women come to work.
Jeddah - "Women 's News Agency"
Riham Al-Ahmad got out of the taxi she was riding with another woman in central Riyadh and entered the mall where she works four days a week selling cosmetics.
Reham, who has a high school diploma, became the first working girl in her family.
Her parents did not want her to go out to work, but eventually retreated after the cost of living in the capital increased.
With new high taxes and cuts in government subsidies in place, many families are increasingly dependent on women going out to work.
Women are negotiating a new place in the country ’ s delicate social fabric, a trend that has been celebrated by some, while others have been met with suspicion in a kingdom where conservative traditions are still deeply rooted.
Riham, a 24-year-old who lives with her parents and five younger siblings, has chosen a shop, most of whose customers are women, to ease parents' fears of mixing with men.
“I felt guilty when I asked my father for anything.
But since I started working, I am proud to be able to help my family. ”
Every day, thousands of women across the country go out to work, something that would not have come to mind just a few years ago, but has now become a norm under reforms led by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to modernize the kingdom.
It highlights its progress on women ’ s issues, but does not allow political parties or elections to take place.
There are currently no women in the Saudi cabinet or in any senior advisory roles.
The Shura Council has only 30 women among its 150 members.
However, women now make up 33% of the total workforce, nearly double the proportion five years ago.
Women of different age groups and educational levels are now accepting jobs that were previously restricted to Saudi men and expatriate workers in restaurants, supermarkets, accounting firms and graphic designers.
As part of the reforms, women have been allowed to drive since 2018.
But Reham al-Ahmad, who earns 4,500 riyals ($1,200) a month, cannot afford driving lessons, aside from the price of a car.
“I spend about a third of my salary on a taxi, ” she said, adding that she was saving money to buy a car.
“But I ’ m really happy that I have a job where I get a private income at the end of the day.
I never thought it was possible for me. ”
A small number of women have long worked in Saudi Arabia, but their jobs have traditionally been in the government sector of teaching and medical care, following strict gender segregation rules in place, but with the easing of restrictions on mixing genders, driving cars and some aspects of male guardianship, companies have started hiring more women.
This is especially true in the retail and hospitality sectors, where a 2011 plan to replace cheaper expatriate workers with nationals was launched to tackle unemployment among Saudis, which now stands at 11 percent.
Economist Jennifer Beck said, “Many of the jobs held by women have traditionally been held by non-Saudis. ”
The new laws have made it easier for women to work in jobs that require direct interaction with customers.
Her research shows that the number of Saudi women in the private sector jumped to 935,508 in 2021 from 56,000 in 2010, and continues to rise.
In Unaizah, a city in the Qassim region at the heart of a conservative society, trends are changing, and more women are working, though some are wary of turning against tradition.
Ghada al-Salman, 33, after graduating from university, struggled to find work in Qassim, where unemployment among women is about 18 percent, three times the rate of unemployment among men.
It turned to the bakery industry, eventually opening three stores with 45 employees.
More recently, at the Dates Festival, she promoted the production of her bakery, Rose Raben Bakery (Pink Ribbon), one of the few women-owned businesses in Qassim.
She said, “If it weren ’ t for my parents, I wouldn ’ t have been able to do any of this. ”
“Most parents here still don ’ t approve of their daughters working all day with men, even if they are bosses and even if they wear the niqab, ” she said.
She wears face coverings and a long black cloak like most women in public places in Unaizah, but faces reproach from older conservatives.
A man in his 60s complained about the speed of social change, and he relishes eating one of her cupcakes.
The man, who asked not to be named, said the government “tells us that women should work, but it ’ s against our tradition. ”
Others believe that these changes are long overdue.
Rana al-Turki, 45, joined her father ’ s oil and gas company in 2000, and was one of the first women to work at the company, working for years in a gender-neutral office.
Rana al-Turki, who is now the owner and one of the directors of Rawabi Holding, said: “At the time, the men were not even polite.
No one would say good morning or ride the elevator with me, and they couldn ’ t even stand standing with me in one room. ”
He added: “Thank God things have changed.
In my day, we were even afraid to ask for a salary.
But girls these days come in and negotiate hard.
They know their value. ”
Yet the gender pay gap in Saudi Arabia stands at 49 percent, according to research by the non-governmental Al-Nahda Association.
“Social trends continue to govern women ’ s entry into the labor market, ” said Hala al-Dosari, a Saudi women ’ s rights expert who works in the United States, noting that most new jobs for women are poorly paid.
Although laws to prevent harassment and discrimination were in place, women continued to be harassed and denied their rights.
Economist Jennifer Beck said some employers still ask women for their guardian ’ s permission to work, despite recent reforms that give women more control over their lives.
An employer at one of the biggest companies told Reuters he preferred to hire women because they worked harder than men and earned half the pay.
Nearly 400 companies interviewed by Peak ’ s research group said Saudi women were paid less than men, and a third said women were more productive than men.
But for many Saudi women, these are only growing troubles.
Ghada al-Salman, the owner of the bakery, said: “Young women ask me all the time how they can achieve what I have achieved.
10 years ago, it was impossible.
Now the future is yours. ”
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Newspaper: The only son of Salman in the House of Saud who enjoys rudeness and power together
Newspaper: The only son of Salman in the House of Saud who enjoys rudeness and power together
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has ruled the kingdom since 2017 with sole power in the life of his father, King Salman.
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Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince and de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia since 2017, is the only Saudi ruler with the “rudeness and authority ” to move forward with the bold transformations that have taken place in Saudi society since he took power.
Mohammed bin Salman is a shameless political figure.
Saudi Arabia is witnessing radical and unprecedented changes in its cultural orientation, by organizing concerts that violate public morals and morals, and allowing artists and stars of the world to perform in front of thousands of young men and women.
The pace of change in Saudi Arabia has come as a shock to a Saudi society that has long been accustomed to quiet social life.
She says Mohammed bin Salman, who was recently appointed prime minister, is now the only Saudi ruler who “has the rudeness and authority to move forward with such a profound transformation of Saudi society. ”
Saudi Arabia has become a witness to new and unprecedented acts that were once taboo in the kingdom, such as young men dating their girlfriends, walking around without a hijab or wearing indecent clothes.
At festivals, revelers wear jeans, shorts, T-shirts and even mesh shirts, while men and women dance together in scenes peculiar to conservative Saudi society.
Mohammed bin Salman is building a full-fledged Saudi dictator
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The new trends, which Mohammed bin Salman considered a step in social emancipation, were accompanied by the consolidation of an illiberal political climate with one person in charge: the crown prince.
Mohammed bin Salman rules Saudi Arabia today in a way that resembles the more centralized Arab dictatorships in Egypt and Syria, breaking with the consultative system that the kingdom used to use.
The crown prince also faces persistent accusations of using extreme measures to neutralize anyone who opposes or is insufficiently enthusiastic about his policies.
As was the case of the Saudi journalist residing in the United States, Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed by a Saudi team at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, in October 2018.
The United States has concluded that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered Khashoggi ’ s brutal murder.
Last summer, two Saudi women were sentenced to 34 and 45 years in prison, mainly for expressing dissent on social media, rights groups said, noting that the sentences were the longest ever against activists.
The current political climate in Saudi Arabia is limited to providing an opportunity to talk about public affairs to those authorized to do so by the authorities.
In televised interviews, activists are seen criticizing government policies — arguing that tourism revenues cannot replace oil revenues, or that spending on flashy entertainment projects ignores more pressing infrastructure problems.
On Twitter, Saudi Arabia ’ s favorite social media platform, previously important accounts that had an impact on public affairs in the country have been suspended or deleted.
Overthrowing the sheikhs, exporting the open and scandals
The Los Angeles Times reports that Mohammed bin Salman has overthrown the once-powerful authority of the sheikhs, which was a key pillar of the ruling Al Saud family ’ s power.
Imams who spoke out against the new trends of Mohammed bin Salman have been jailed.
The chilling backlash from religious conservatives has not materialized strongly, though it is unclear whether their calm stems from fear or indifference, or both.
International condemnation of the crown prince, which peaked after Khashoggi ’ s murder, has also fallen somewhat, despite political repression at home and state actions such as the largest mass execution — 81 people in a single day in March 2022, in the kingdom ’ s history.
Last year, Human Rights Watch invited some artists and promoters at the Soundstorm Festival to speak out against Saudi rights violations, or “refuse to participate in another Saudi abuse because of their role in serving plans to decorate the image of Mohammed bin Salman. ”
My understanding of ergotism.
Fahmy Alorghami is a Tunisian journalist editor and translator.
I have translated several studies, published with Arab think tanks, from English to Arabic on political populism in the Arab world and the political transition within Arab regimes after the 2011 revolutions.
He is interested in migration issues and developments; he has drafted a policy paper on migration and its prospects from Tunisia to Europe.
Followers of Arab and Tunisian political news in particular.
Passionate about journalism and journalistic editorial work.
He holds a degree in Citizen Journalism from the Arab Institute for Human Rights.
For two years (since July 2020), I have worked as a newspaper editor for political articles and reports on the Maghreb region.
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How has the role of the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice changed under Muhammad bin Salman?

Has been reduced to morality awareness campaigns and COVID-19 efforts.

No longer acts as the de facto religious police.

What has MBS done since becoming Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia?

What is one of the first priorities of Vision 2030 regarding ideological extremism?

Avoiding actions that cause dissent, encourage violence, or spread dangerous ideas

Combating extremist and ideological thinking

The Saudi government has limited the powers of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice and established the Saudi Entertainment Authority.

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Content: After the call to stop the "Riyadh Season"
The Saudi youth.
Between the closed hammer of Wahhabism and the anvil of loose entertainment
Monday 20 December 2021 - 03: 58 GMT
Mohammed bin Abdulwahab, the grandfather of the Al-Sheikh family, is the first to spread the doctrine that bears his name, the Wahhabi doctrine, in the land of Arabia, with the sword of Mohammed bin Saud, the grandfather of the Al-Saud family, and ironically, the end of this doctrine, or almost, at the hands of the grandson of the first, Turki Al-Sheikh, head of the Saudi Entertainment Authority, and the grandson of the second Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.
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The Saud family had the upper hand in the context of the historical alliance that arose between Mohammed bin Abdul Wahab and Mohammed bin Saud, given that the elements of power were in the grip of Ibn Saud, and when the role of Mohammed bin Salman, to reach the throne, a young man did not exceed the age of 20, felt that the road will not be impassable to the throne as long as the Wahhabi institution in the joints of the state, To get rid of both.
In the beginning, he ended the power of the sheikhs of Wahhabism, and reduced the role of the Authority for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, in order to win young people to his side, after Wahhabism kept their breath, and in the second removed everyone who felt that he was competing with him, the Sultan of Al Saud and others and imprisoned them under various pretexts.
Since the youth represent the vast majority of the people, bin Salman tried to get closer to them, through the policy of openness, which he entrusted the implementation of one of the grandchildren of Mohammed bin Abdul Wahab, called Turki al-Sheikh, who headed the entertainment authority, and used the wide powers granted by bin Salman, and opened the doors of Saudi Arabia wide to music groups, singing and dancing, and held loud and mixed concerts. Cut, gambling clubs and wine bars.
It is remarkable that the Saudi people, was the victim, to the grandparents and grandchildren of Sheikh Wal Saud, the grandparents and grandchildren, dealt with the Saudi people superior treatment, the grandparents imposed on him the closed Wahhabi doctrine, which was a distorted and false reading of the true Islamic religion, and spawned all the bloody Takfiri groups that appeared in the world without exception, and today imposed grandchildren, dissolution and moral decline In its western version, without any red lines, as entertainment!!
One of the most important symbols of moral laxity in the policy of openness led by Turki al-Sheikh in Saudi Arabia, is the "Riyadh Season", where mixed dance concerts are held, which do not find a counterpart even in countries known for opening to such concerts for many decades, but what happened in the current Riyadh season, made activists in Saudi Arabia, ringing the bell of danger, because of the dangers of moral deviation. They live in the shadow of Wahhabism.
Since Monday morning, the hashtag “Stop _ Riyadh _ Season _ Muttalib ” has been trending on Twitter in Saudi Arabia, where activists expressed their anger at the inappropriate behavior witnessed during the Riyadh season in the past days, thousands have tweeted this hashtag posting pictures and clips of young men and women dancing to loud music, and wearing bold clothes, stressing that these practices do not suit customs and traditions. The Saudi people, and it is absurd not to represent them.
Many commentators directed their contributions to the organizers of this season, considering that it is a waste of money and an alienation from the religion, customs and traditions that Saudi society still maintains to this day. Others felt that the gathering of huge crowds in light of the threat of Coronavirus and the mutated new strains is not wise, calling on the concerned authorities to stop the events immediately to avoid returning to point zero in relation to the spread of the epidemic.

How has the role of the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice changed under Muhammad bin Salman?

Has been reduced to morality awareness campaigns and COVID-19 efforts.

No longer acts as the de facto religious police.

What are some of the key goals of Vision 2030 for society and economy?

allow recreational activities; Saudi women benefit from relaxed restrictions

What has MBS done since becoming Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia?

MBS's reforms have improved Saudi citizens' lives, especially women's, but human rights and minority issues persist, with concerns over the treatment of dissidents and minority groups.

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Opinion | Biden’s Saudi Arabia Opportunity

The president’s first trip to the Middle East offers a chance to make meaningful gains.

The U.S.-Saudi relationship has lately endured some of the worst tensions in its history. But President Joe Biden’s first visit to the Middle East next month, with stops in Israel and Saudi Arabia, offers a surprising opportunity — if both sides will take it.

A wide range of issues have stoked disagreement and mistrust between the longtime partners: Iran nuclear talks, the war in Yemen, the Saudi posture on U.S. rivals Russia and China, human rights (including the murder of Jamal Khashoggi), social reform in the Kingdom, oil production and prices, and the U.S. commitment to the Middle East.

That’s a lot to tackle in one presidential visit of perhaps 24 to 48 hours. As senior officials from both countries travel between Washington and Riyadh to lay the groundwork, they should be realistic about what is achievable. One principle that should guide preparations: Not all bilateral differences can be resolved at once. However tempting a grand bargain may be, the relationship is more likely to be repaired step-by-step.

What is most critical to address first? Each side has core strategic interests for which they need to see the other side demonstrate concern. Cementing a set of understandings around these issues would make a visit valuable, even while other disagreements remain.

For Saudi Arabia, the core strategic interest is ensuring its defense against the threat posed by the regime in Iran and its proxies, particularly the Houthis in Yemen, who, with Iranian backing, training and arms, have launched dozens of rockets against Saudi civilian targets. Closely related is the Saudis’ desire for confidence that the United States is committed to stopping Iran’s development of nuclear weapons and that Washington retains a strategic commitment to the Middle East and to its regional partners, even as it addresses other strategic priorities in the Indo-Pacific and Europe.

Here, Biden’s experience cultivating the close U.S.-Israel alliance, while also navigating real differences, is relevant. His career-long bond with Israelis is evidence that as long as one demonstrates clear understanding and empathy for a partner’s major security fears, it is possible to have very tough discussions on a range of topics and work through areas of disagreement.

Biden and Saudi leaders may not agree on returning to the Iran nuclear deal, for example; neither do Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (nor do the authors of this article, for that matter). One side sees the agreement as the least bad available alternative to buy the most time delaying Iran’s nuclear program, while the other side argues it only delays the inevitability of an even worse Iranian nuclear breakout and fuels Iran’s other regional aggressions through major sanctions relief.

The bridge to overcome this disagreement is to achieve understandings on what follows the nuclear talks, whether they collapse or result in a renewed nuclear deal. In either case, Iran’s implacable hostility can be expected to fuel escalation. Recognizing the severe threat Iran and its proxies will continue to pose to U.S. forces and partners necessitates clear U.S. commitments, underscored by its ongoing presence in the region: to assist in development of integrated regional air defenses; to sanction and designate Iranian entities engaged in terror and its ballistic missile and drone programs (even while the nuclear agreement lifts terrorism sanctions on Iran’s central bank and oil and tanker companies); to facilitate interdictions of weapons shipments to proxies; to rally international condemnation of the regime’s interference in its neighbors’ affairs and abuse of its own people; and to prepare military deterrence and defense options, alone or with others, to ensure Iran never acquires a nuclear weapon. That should include a clear and credible threat by Biden to use military force to stop an Iranian nuclear weapon. And the Saudis, who were shaken by the lack of any U.S. response to the Iranian attack on its major oil facility at Abqaiq in 2019 under the Trump administration, must have confidence that they will not be left alone in the event of similar attacks in the future. These commitments, which apply both to a renewed Iran nuclear deal and its sunsets and to a no-deal scenario, and which do not rule out maintaining deescalation channels to Iran, should also elicit a Saudi commitment to take no steps toward developing its own uranium enrichment capability.

For Biden, the core strategic interest that must be addressed is ensuring that Saudi Arabia continues to orient its policies toward the United States, rather than hedge its bets by leaning toward Russia and China. There are many aspects to such commitments, from avoiding acquisitions of major Chinese and Russian military systems to standing with the United States in condemning outrages like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s persecution of Muslim Uyghurs. In the context of the war in Ukraine, it also requires Saudi Arabia to agree to increase oil production to bring down prices, so sanctions on Russia have deeper bite and European energy supply needs can be met by non-Russian sources. Abandoning the oil production quotas the Kingdom and Russia established in the OPEC+ agreement will be a clear sign that the Saudis are prepared to give as well as receive, and understand that to be treated as partners, they must act like partners.

That is the essence of the bargain for both sides: the restoration of a partnership. It has always been somewhat transactional — a steady and cheap supply of oil in exchange for security — but its critical elements remain relevant even in the face of serious, perhaps unbridgeable, differences between the countries’ leaders. Saudi Arabia has no serious alternative to the United States as a guarantor of its security against the very real threats it faces. Facilitation of Saudi Arabia’s own defense capabilities, and assurances of U.S. intentions, are fundamental to the Kingdom’s success. Meanwhile, today’s oil price spike underscores the critical role that Riyadh has often played during past geopolitical crises in stabilizing oil markets. And in an era of global superpower competition, keeping key Middle Eastern nations aligned with the United States is imperative.

These are the central requirements that would make a visit to Saudi Arabia worthwhile. And yet it would leave important issues unresolved, from U.S. concerns over Saudi human rights violations to Saudi complaints that its dramatic social reforms underway have not been recognized. Biden should acknowledge these profound changes, perhaps by meeting dynamic female social and business entrepreneurs only recently allowed by Saudi leaders to pursue their ambitions, which they attribute to decisions of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS). Biden can give credit where due and encourage a positive trend. But the Saudis should go further: They need to release key human rights activists from prison, especially those who pushed for the very social reforms MBS has now embraced, and commit not to imprison them in the future. They should also allow Raif Badawi and Loujain al-Hathloul, recently released from prison for advocating these social reforms, to secure a clemency from travel bans that would allow them to leave the Kingdom and, in Badawi’s case, reunite with his family in Canada.

The Khashoggi murder will continue to hang heavily over this relationship, as it should. In a clear, direct, private conversation between Biden and MBS, it must be made clear that it is a stain that will remain; that there is genuine remorse; that the Khashoggi family’s needs will be met; that no such crimes will be committed again; and that a pragmatic partnership on broader interests must proceed on this basis.

Beyond the confines of this visit, it’s in the broader interests of both countries for Saudi Arabia to eventually join the Abraham Accords. This is a priority that Biden should advance, and a stabilized bilateral relationship should enable him to do so in the remaining years of his first term. Growing Israeli-Saudi military and intelligence cooperation suggests the promise of greater commercial, technology and people-to-people cooperation, and eventual full diplomatic relations. Cementing a coalition of moderate states in the region, advancing Saudi modernization, development and economic diversification goals, and — handled sensitively — offering the Palestinians a path to participate in normalization that improves, rather than impedes, prospects for an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement are all mutual goals that normalization can advance. Biden’s trip may include a signal of what is possible, with a limited step like the resolution of the status of Saudi islands in the Red Sea while ensuring freedom of navigation for Israeli ships, or the expansion of Israeli civilian overflights of Saudi territory. Extending the current U.N.-negotiated truce in Yemen will also help sustain a stabilization of U.S.-Saudi ties, while leaving open the path toward a more permanent settlement.

The mutual interests served by stabilizing this partnership should lead Biden and the Saudi leadership to embrace a framework to recognize and advance their respective core strategic interests. This approach will serve one other critical cause: helping ensure that the U.S.-Saudi partnership is not subject to drastic swings with every change of U.S. administration. Biden is a known skeptic of the Saudis, views he held long before he called them a “pariah” during the 2020 election campaign. Precisely for this reason, in striking such a deal he is well-positioned to strengthen bipartisan support in Congress and among the American people for the principle that this complicated, yet vital, relationship is worth preserving. That is an interest that surely Biden, the Saudis and most Americans can agree on.

How has Vision 2030 affected women's rights and workforce participation?

What are some of the key goals of Vision 2030 for society and economy?

allow recreational activities; Saudi women benefit from relaxed restrictions

What has MBS done since becoming Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia?

The Kingdom has implemented the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and updated its laws to protect citizens' rights, carrying out 82 historical reforms in human rights over six years.

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“There are many people who want to make sure that my project, Saudi Vision 2030, is failing, but they can ’ t touch it, and it will never fail, and no one on this planet has the power to fail it, you can slow it down by 5%, that ’ s the most you can do, but more than that, no one can do anything. ”
One of the strings played by some who want to thwart Saudi Vision 2030 is human rights issues.
Despite the fact that over the past six years the Kingdom has carried out more than 82 historical reforms in the field of human rights, the Western media and some politicians there have from time to time launched an unjustified attack on the Kingdom either out of hatred of Islam or because of the developmental and economic achievements achieved by the Kingdom at all levels in recent years.
These reforms demonstrate Saudi Arabia ’ s deep commitment to upholding the principles of justice by putting in place comprehensive safeguards to protect the rights of its citizens and ensuring its adherence to the highest human rights standards.
These human rights transformations continue within the framework of the Vision 2030 agenda for social, cultural and economic transformation, in order to modernize its legal, institutional, judicial and regulatory environment, most recently the personal status system, which aims to codify the judicial system and ensure a more systematic approach to justice.
The Kingdom believes that the relationship between social and economic development, democracy, culture and human rights goes hand in hand and cannot be isolated from each other.
Our only consolation against these systematic attacks against the kingdom in general and our vision in particular is that the more “barking ” we are on the right track.
History always tells us that there are enemies of success everywhere and at all times.
When it comes to human rights, the West must be more careful. Their history of slavery, imperialism, apartheid and sexism is still being told to this day, and there are still more stories of colonized peoples that have not yet been told. They still remember the dismemberment of their countries and their families, the atrocities of their enslavement, the destruction of their values and beliefs, the denial of their most basic rights, their language and their local culture. racially, perpetuating division, fear, and suspicion.
The West continues to practice these abuses to the present day, directly or indirectly, the wealth and wealth of the former colonized countries are still confiscated to this day, and the Guantánamo prison is still a witness to the most terrible human rights crimes today.

How has Vision 2030 affected women's rights and workforce participation?

What does the UN human rights report covering November 2018 to October 2023 confirm about Saudi Arabia's commitment to human rights under Vision 2030, as reflected in reforms and developments during that period?

Its commitment to upholding the highest international human rights standards.

What has MBS done since becoming Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia?

MBS's reforms have made significant progress towards the 2030 vision, particularly in diversifying the economy and reducing oil dependence, increasing women's labor market participation to 33.8%.

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Saudi Arabia was not the same before 2016 after this year, the difference between them is large, this difference is touched by the citizen at home, and noted by the observer and specialist abroad, this year, the Kingdom announced Vision 2030, which left nothing in the country, but allocated programs and qualitative plans, aimed at developing, modernizing and rebuilding it again.
The vision, which was blessed by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and formulated with the competence of Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman, using modern youth thought, succeeded in the birth of a strong and solid homeland, which enjoys all the elements of sustainability and progress, which make it an example among countries in the determination and will to make the impossible in an unstable world, as if boiling over a hot plate.
After seven years of the vision, we can confirm that the qualitative achievements on the ground, which affected all the joints of the state, are many and multiple, came as a result of strenuous efforts and hard work, supervised by the Crown Prince, who followed every small and large, within a government work cell, carried out by the sons of the homeland, who supported all the vision, and were keen to keep pace with the global changes and the times.
The last year (2022) witnessed more achievements of the vision, in many areas, within a rapid and successive pace of change, with the expansion of the reforms in the structure of the national economy, and the reconstruction of the national economy, with a package of more details, including doubling the number of small and medium enterprises in the national economy, reducing unemployment among the citizens, and reaching its lowest levels since 2016. Weakness since 2016, in fulfillment of a promise launched by the vision early, to reduce dependence on the income of the oil sector, as well as programs to empower women, and open the way for them to prove themselves in the journey of development and prosperity witnessed by the country, beside her brother man, and solve the housing crisis, depending on the private sector, to programs and initiatives to preserve the environment pure and free from pollution, and many other achievements.
These successes have contributed to strengthening the firm belief of every citizen that the vision has become a journey towards a future full of serious opportunities for the ambitious and creative youth of the Kingdom, with the aim of building a prosperous and promising future through achieving economic growth and improving the quality of life.
The first station focused on changing the mental image, enhancing efficiency, and laying the foundations for government empowerment, where it had a key role in policy and implementation, and we have reaped a lot of the fruits of that station.
We are now in the second phase to maximize the impact of the vision and move on to the third phase, which will focus on sustainability and achieving sustainable results.
Tomorrow, we will celebrate once again the fulfillment of more of the promises made by the vision, to reach a model homeland, where all who live on its land enjoy the prosperity and progress required, especially after the completion of major projects launched by the Kingdom, and will be supportive of the national economy.

How has Vision 2030 affected women's rights and workforce participation?

What are some of the key goals of Vision 2030 for society and economy?

What are the main goals of the 2016- launched Vision 2030?

To lessen reliance on oil.
To diversify Saudi Arabia's economy

What has MBS done since becoming Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia?