Saudi Arabia's First Women-Only City

August 13, 2012 from CNN

In Saudi Arabia, the government is planning to construct a women-only city in the Eastern Province's Hofuf to boost the number of women in the Saudi workforce while still adhering to Sharia laws preventing men and women from working side-by-side. Funding for the city is estimated at USD 130 million, and could create as many as 5,000 jobs for women in the country.

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