Over 80 female cab drivers will be hired soon in 4 Saudi airports

Over 80 female cab drivers will be hired soon in 4 Saudi airports

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — More than 80 female taxi drivers will be hired soon in the four main airports in Saudi Arabia. They are King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, and Prince Muhammad International Airport in Madinah. This is part of the first phase of an initiative, launched on Sunday by Saudi Arabia’s Transport General Authority (TGA), in cooperation with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD), represented by the Tawteen Program-2, to empower women in the fields of transport, Al-Watan newspaper reported. Under this phase titled ‘Woman’s Track,’ three agreements will be signed with major companies, which are licensed to operate airport taxis, to employ more than 80 female drivers, starting from four airports. As part of the second phase of the initiative, women taxi drivers will be employed in all other airports in the Kingdom. The initiative includes cooperation with a specialized driving center to prepare and develop a comprehensive training program for acquiring basic skills in driving cabs, in addition to soft skills such as decorum, customer service, first aid, and the English language. This also includes providing support through the Tawteen