Saudi Arabia opens world’s largest women’s university
“…Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz inaugurated on Sunday the world’s largest women’s university, spread over eight million square meters (20,000 acres) and costing over 20 billion riyals ($5.3 billion) to build. But many women are asking where the skills they acquire are going to be put to use.”
Keep in mind that this is a country where “women are banned from driving a car or leaving the house unaccompanied by a male guardian.” They don’t vote either, but it will be difficult to see how 40,000 college-educated Saudi women will agree to put up with that for much longer either. In any case, it’s an interesting story.