The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has appointed around 1,500 females staff in its different departments to assist female worshipers to the Grand Mosque (Kaaba) in Makkah. 

It is reported that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has taken various initiatives to modernize the country since he was nominated as the heir to the Saudi throne.  

According to Arab News, A total of 600 women have been recruited in the Technical and Service Affairs Agency while the rest of the female staff will be deployed in other departments of the presidency such as electric vehicles, Zamzam watering unit, guidance and intellectual affairs, administrative affairs, public relations, media and communication and the General Department of Internal Auditing.

Dr. Al-Anoud bint Khaled Al-Aboud, deputy president for women’s development affairs, said that the step is part of the presidency’s transformational initiatives 2024. It aims to raise the level of services provided in the Two Holy Mosques, she said. 

Al-Anoud added that employing a large number of women workers in the Kaaba was part of the Saudi leadership’s plan to empower them. Through this they want to ensure maximum service to the women who come for Hajj.