Saudi Gazette report

Riyadh — In six weeks 8,568 Saudi women have applied for childcare and working women transport support programs, according to spokesman of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development Khaled Aba Al-Khail.

These two programs — Qurrah for childcare and Wusool for transportation — support Saudi women working in the private sector.

The Wusool program received 5,066 applications while the Qurrah program received 3,502 applications, said Aba Al-Khail, who is also the spokesman of the Human Resources Development Fund (Hadaf).

He said these two program help give job stability to Saudi women employed in the private sector.

The Wusool and Qurrah programs cover the entire Kingdom.

The Wusool program helps women overcome the challenges of commuting to and from their workplace.

The program provides them safe and high-quality transport services.

The Qurrah program helps increase the participation of Saudi women in the labor market. It also helps in improving the facilities at childcare centers.

Aba Al-Khail called on Saudi women working in the private sector to register for the Wusool and Qurrah programs through the websites www.wusool.sa and www.qurrah.sa