沙烏地阿拉伯的2030 國家願景中,期望在2030 將女性勞動力由現況的22% 占比提升到30%。其中Ibn Khaldun Fellowship 計畫,從2012 年開始,已經資助了27 名女性科學家與工程師,到美國麻省理工學院進行一年的研究訪問計劃。這些計畫參與者在回到沙國後,將成為形塑新一代學術工程與性別友善環境的種子部隊。
原文標題:Meet the women shaping science and engineering in Saudi ArabiaAs Saudi Arabia works toward Saudi Vision 2030, which hopes to increase women’s participation in the workforce from 22 percent to 30 percent by the year 2030, programs like the Ibn Khaldun Fellowship take on a greater purpose.Since 2012, a handful of Saudi Arabia’s top scientists and engineers have arrived on MIT’s campus every year for a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Through the Ibn Khaldun Fellowship for Saudi Arabian Women, these Saudi female scientists and engineers with PhDs are invited to spend one year conducting research at MIT. Each fellow is paired with an MIT faculty for a research project and exposed to a number of professional development opportunities.{點此連結原出處}