By Zain Anbar

Okaz/Saudi Gazette

JEDDAH — The Jeddah Mayoralty has appointed five Saudi female engineers in the General Administration of Parks and Public Utilities.

The newly appointed engineers are Ghadeer Hariri, Samaher Bakhsh, Mariyam Attar, Yara Bakhsh, and Ashwaq Al-Otaibi.

Mohammed Al-Baqami, spokesman of the mayoralty, told Okaz/Saudi Gazette that their appointment is part of the mayoralty’s efforts to implement the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 that aimed at expanding opportunities for the empowerment of women in various employment sectors.

Al-Baqami said the tasks of the engineers include designing and beautifying the gardens and managing the public utilities.

They will take charge of their responsibilities in the field within the coming weeks.

It is noteworthy that the Mayor of Jeddah governorate Saleh Al-Turki took last year several decisions appointing three women as heads of branch municipalities, in addition to director of the Department of Human Resources; director general of the Infrastructure Department and another engineer to take up customer service tasks.