Although Saudi Arabia is working to create job opportunities for women, with initiatives like Glowork, many women are still faced with barriers to the job market.
Over 5.8 million Saudi women are not participating in the workforce, according to the General Authority for Statistics' report for the second half of 2015, according to Al-Watan .
The study was conducted in an effort to measure the rate of participation in economic growth and unemployment among the younger generation in the kingdom.
Despite the fact that most of these women are over the age of 15, making them qualified to join the job market, a majority of Saudi women are still left behind.
In addition to the nearly 6 million Saudi women, 2.5 million Saudi men have also not been participating in the workforce.
In 2015 alone, 1.2 million Saudi women participated in the workforce compared to the 4.4 million Saudi men.
With the kingdom's Vision 2030 set in place, the Ministry of Labor and Social Development aims to reduce the gap in the labor force by enforcing policies that will help create more job opportunities for both men and women equally.
Recently, the kingdom has signed an agreement with Microsoft, which will give young Saudi nationals the chance to train with the IT giant.