In another new move, Saudi Arabia announces the region’s first woman to lead a football club. Making it one of the firsts, Abrar Shaker was appointed as Chairman of the FLIG Football Club during its first founding meeting.

During the club’s first meeting, the Saudi lawyer and newly appointed chairman Shaker shared, “Today, the meeting of the Constituent Committee was assembled, and we came up with and agreed on many recommendations. We will begin to see better results in the near future. This serves the people of Hafr Al Batin, serves Saudi football and serves both women and men.”

In order to expand the number of games in the future, the football club - based in the eastern Saudi province of Hafar Al-Batin have included both teams—men and women.

The region has been opening up and paving way for women representatives in various sectors. Sports in the region has been one of the top priorities and including both—men and women.

Earlier, female soldier Abeer al-Rashed conducted the country’s first female-led security forces briefing for Hajj. She has constructed the security and traffic management strategy for the upcoming pilgrimage season which is set to take place from July 17 to 22.

The move came in as the defence ministry opened military recruitment to women earlier this year allowing women to enrol in the Saudi Arabian Land Forces, Royal Saudi Air Defense, Royal Saudi Navy, Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force, and Armed Forces Medical Services.

Even during the supervision of Umrah pilgrims during the holy month of Ramadan in Mecca, many female police officers were spotted, highlighting the advances women have made in the Kingdom in various fields.