RIYADH, 13 December 2005 — The Saudi British Bank (SABB) is sponsoring the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) workshop on the Saudi Women in the Millennium from Dec. 17-19, which will be under the patronage of Princess Adila Bint Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz with over 150 Saudi participants from various educational and professional background.
The event will cover several themes of interest to the private sector, such as education, environment, labor policies and the role of leadership in achieving the UN millennium development goals.
Sulaiman Al-Hamdan, SABB deputy managing director of SABB said: “SABB attaches great importance to supporting such community activities, which are in line with the bank’s keenness to place these types of participation within its schedule of priorities.”
Al-Hamdan pointed out that 14 percent of the SABB staff are Saudi women which reflects the importance that the bank attaches to women’s participation in the Saudi community.