Deadline Set for Phasing Out Men in Lingerie Shops

Deadline Set for Phasing Out Men in Lingerie Shops: "The government’s decision to replace salesmen with Saudi saleswomen at lingerie shops will be implemented in two phases, according to Abdul Wahid Al-Humaid, deputy labor minister for planning and development.

He ruled out suggestions that foreign women could be recruited to work at lingerie shops. Some of the jobs that have been identified for Saudi women are receptionists, tailors, banquet hall employees, nutritionists, governesses, photographers, beauticians, caterers, and hospitality and recreation industry workers.

A study presented at the recently held manpower development forum in Riyadh said 60 percent of Saudi women preferred to work from home. Saleh ibn Sulaiman Al-Rasheed, professor of management at King Faisal University who conducted the study, dismissed suggestions that working from home would deny women important jobs.

He emphasized the need for enacting laws that would allow women to work from their homes. “Working from home has been a tremendous success in many advanced countries,” he pointed out."