Comments on: Women, Diversity and Jails

By: William W

William W — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:53:51 +0000

I am a University Student in US taking a gender studies in the middle east class and I was intrigued by this particular blog as it relates to women. Your blogs refers to there being no women ministers in the government in Saudi Arabia but are there other high positions in the government that women currently hold? If so what are they? I also am interested if their are a lot of other men like you who support women rights and equality in Saudi Arabia?

By: Linguist

Linguist — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:30:06 +0000

These numbers scare me especially when it comes to economics, health affairs and education. I have been seeing such huge budgets but I have not touched accomplishments of any sort on reality. Has anybody heard of some terms used like corrupt***.

By: Mohamed S.

Mohamed S. — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:56:28 +0000

Oh wait, ignore that last post :P

By: Mohamed S.

Mohamed S. — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:50:49 +0000

Didn’t they say something like they were spending 400 million on education this year?

And they’re spending 1.7bn on jails……

Nuff said.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:38:07 +0000

There does seem to be facts to his statement that “He claims that the government has a clear policy when it comes to religious diversity ”

Regrettably that clear policy is generally to forbid all such religious diversity.

By: Hning

Hning — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:02:37 +0000

It always irks me when a government announces budgets to improve effect-management rather than the causes.

If the Saudi government can spend SR1.7bn on building jails, why can’t they spend half as much on R&D to prevent those people from going to jail in the first place?

Or have they already?