The Dhaka Times Desk About 8.8 million tons of dates are produced every year in the world. 17 percent of which is in Saudi Arabia. But today there is a date factory whose workers are all women!
There are 157 date factories in Saudi Arabia, the second largest producer of dates in the Muslim country. Out of which all the work including the management of a factory to the movement of heavy vehicles is handled by women. This information is known in a report of Deutsche Welle.
According to the report, the name of the date factory located in Al-Ahsa region is Ibn Zayed. About 100 women are working in the factory. Earlier it was run by foreign workers but in the last few years its responsibility has been shouldered by women. These women produce 1 lakh tons of dates every year.
According to the news media, these women do all kinds of work, including factory management, accounting, quality control, packaging. Even women drive forklifts.
Aqilah Ali, a female worker working in the company, said that there were some complications in the beginning. Driving heavy trucks was considered a man's job only. But I'm happy because it's a proof that girls too can do anything new and be successful.
It should be noted that in recent years, the Saudi government introduced several reforms to increase the presence of women. In 2017, King Salman bin Abdulaziz announced that women can drive.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman also launched the Vision 2030 reform plan. Its aim is to diversify the Saudi economy and increase women's labor force participation.
The factory was previously run by foreign expatriate workers. However, according to the country's new guidelines, women are also getting permission to work. That is why the owner of the factory decided to hire Saudi women instead of foreign workers.
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