By Sultan Bin Bandar

Okaz/Saudi Gazette

JEDDAH — The Quality of Life Program 2020 is targeting participation of 1.2 million Saudi women in popular sports. Sources at the program told Okaz/Saudi Gazette that the plan includes the establishment of 21 new clinics for women during the year 2020.

It also aims to achieve the participation of 40 women in international sports. All these are part of the initiative to empower women to contribute to the sports system with the theme “Diversity and Inclusion.” The Quality of Life Program, which aims to make the Kingdom a top living destination, is one of the 12 Realization Programs of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.

The Program is working in conjunction with the legislative authorities in the Kingdom to review laws related to quality of life, and to work out regulations and legislations that are concerned with practicing hobbies and organizing amateur clubs in the Kingdom.

According to the sources, there has been a decrease in the rate of premeditated murder cases in the Kingdom to 1.21 for every 100,000 people compared to 1.45 in 2019, and the achievement of a comprehensive perception index for the level of security ranging between 3 and 5, and this means that the rate of evaluation of the level of internal security and the degree of confidence of citizens in each other is medium in the Kingdom.

The program pointed to the achievement of the level of crimes of violence index ranges between one and 5, which means that the likelihood of violent crimes occurring in the Kingdom is very low.