5.6.6: Women’s Mentoring Schemes
(at least 10% of Participants are Females)
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KAU, and as a public university, is in continuous alignment, in terms of its strategies, with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 goals, for the sake of applying and complimenting what the government is planning and executing in this sense, specifically, enhancing women’s participation in WOMEN's mentoring activities, due to the major effect that females have on their peer females.
KAU has a dedicated Deanship for Female Students which organizes hundreds of Mentoring Schemes, yearly, that are organized, attended and target Female Students.
KAU has been also very active in conducting university outreaches and collaborations with other local universities, specifically Prince Noura University- which is a FEMALES-ONLY university- to benefit from its experience in WOMEN's empowerment.
In this sense, KAU has organized a huge Conference dedicated to empower Saudi WOMEN in different aspects. The Conference has been covered and welcomed by the media, NGOs, public and private organizations, due to its importance in boosting FEMALE support within the country. Below are the details of the Conference.
It should be noticed that in all KAU activities that are related to FEMALES, more than 80% of the attendees and participants are FEMALES since they are targeting exclusively FEMALES and organized by FEMALES themselves.
Empowering Saudi Women... Prospects and Challenges in Light of the Kingdom's Vision 2030: A Women Mentoring Conference with 80% of Participants from FEMALES
KAU is the initiator of the important women empowering conference that has been held along with the participation of government and non-government organizations that are interested in empowering women in the Kingdom, in March 2019.
King Abdulaziz University, represented by “Prince Mishaal bin Majed bin Abdulaziz Center for Social and Human Research”, launched the “Saudi Women Empowering” initiative in line with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030. The activities of the conference that was titled "Empowering Saudi Women... Prospects and Challenges in the Light of the Kingdom's Vision 2030" were held at the King Faisal Conference Center at KAU.
The director of the “Center for Social and Human Research” emphasized that the conference was inspired with its idea from what the Saudi society is witnessing regarding the comprehensive development changes in all fields, which made the rehabilitation and contribution of human elements, including women, an essential element for achieving the development process and its requirements. Noting that women in Saudi Arabia occupies a major attention in the Kingdom's Vision 2030, and enhancing their role and social position is important within the goals of this vision because they constitute more than 50% of the total number of university graduates, which necessitates the need to develop their talents and invest in their skills to enable them to obtain the appropriate opportunities to build their future and contribute to the development of the society and the national economy. The conference is considered as a national campaign for empowering women, with participants from other universities, government ministries, private sector, “Empowering Women” NGOs, etc., and shed the light on the subjects and areas in which the Saudi women are underrepresented.
The conference highlighted the efforts and experiences of some sectors of the state in order to empower women and enhance their role in community development, by presenting their issues and contributions with the participation of an elite group of specialists, focusing on the successes and gains achieved by Saudi women, and highlighting the challenges facing them, while submitting proposals to further empower Saudi women.
This conference as well as all other activities and mentoring schemes done by KAU and targeting women, have around 80% of its participants as female students.
Mentoring Schemes by the Female Student Affairs Agency in Rabigh
A swift look at the page of the Female Student Affairs Agency in Rabigh, presents an executive brief of the various types of Mentoring Schemes and Women Empowering Programs, Statistics, Achievements, and Services for the academic year 2020-2021 where these programs are organized by female students/faculty, attended by female students/faculty, and target female students/faculty. The list of activities is very long to detail in here, but the brief description can be fetched from the below annual report.
التقرير-السنوي-للعام-1442هـ.pdf
KAU & "Makkah Region Police":
A Mentoring Programme, for WOMEN, by the Deanship of Student Affairs
In cooperation with the Makkah Region Police, the Vice Deanship of Student Affairs, Female Section, in Rabigh Branch, organizes the virtual forum “Hand in Hand Against Violence”.
The university, represented by the Vice Deanship of Student Affairs in the Female Section, Rabigh Branch, in cooperation with the Makkah Al-Mukarramah Region Police, organized the virtual forum entitled “Hand in Hand against Violence”, on Tuesday and Wednesday, 14-15/9/2021.
The forum aims to shed light on violence in society of all kinds and its impact (physical, verbal, psychological and electronic) and discuss its causes to come up with solutions and recommendations, how to deal with this phenomenon and reduce its effects on society, and to provide those dealing with cases of violence with skills in the field of prevention and awareness raising among the largest class to educate them about violence and how to prevent it.
The Vice Dean of Student Affairs in the Female Section in Rabigh, Dr. Huda Muhammad Sheikh, explained the importance of this forum, given that violence is one of the most important issues facing society and its causes are due to intrinsic motives formed in the human soul as a result of neglect, abuse or violence. It is considered a good education based on the principle of brotherhood, tolerance and respect. The first step towards protecting society from violence, with the need to involve young people in developing and implementing plans to solve the problem of violence.
A Mentoring Program, for WOMEN, on Employee Rights
Held on 29-06-2021, in the FEMALES campus in the Rabigh branch, with the topics:
Concept of Employee
Concept of a Job
The Contractual Relationship and its Rights & Obligations
The Saudi Civil Service System
The Acting Rector of the University, Prof. Dr. Abdul-Moneim bin Abdul Salam Al-Hayani, launched an awareness campaign for the early detection of breast cancer, on Monday 18/10/2021, organized by the University Medical Services Center.
The campaign coincides with the activities of the International Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Pink Month), which is held in October of each year.
In turn, the Director-General of the University Medical Services Center, Dr. Amin Kimawi, confirmed that early detection with a mammogram detects tumors in their early stages before symptoms appear and felt, pointing out that clinics and examination devices at the university are safe and advanced.
Dr. Hanan Al-Qabaa, a family doctor at KAU's Medical Services Center, indicated that the campaign aims to reduce the risk of breast cancer, by following a number of tips, including mammogram screening every year to two years at the age of 40 years and above, and early detection from 30 years in case of family history of this disease, exercising at least 30 minutes of physical activity daily, eating a healthy diet rich in vegetables and fruits, and maintaining a normal weight.
Honoring the WOMEN Winners of the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions (2021)
The Vice Rector for the Female Section, Prof. Dr. Hana bint Abdullah Al-Naim, honored the 15 WOMEN winners of the “Geneva Competition”, with 7 winning inventions at the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions (2021), where the winners won 7 medals.
This honoring and participation comes within the framework of the KAU university's keenness to motivate its FEMALE students in all scientific fields and to provide them with the skills that enable them to develop their talents and register their presence at the international level.
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