Riyadh, Nov 7, 2020, SPA -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia won a world award for empowering women, in the sector of communications and information technology for the Year 2020. The award was accorded to the Kingdom by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Such achievement highlighted the ongoing back up of the women role, in all domains, reflecting the wise leadership keenness on promoting the new women generation contribution, that would bolster the drive of the national development, in the context of the National Shift Program as well as the ambitious anticipations of the Kingdom 2030 Vision. Saudi Women have significantly raised their active participation, in the labor market, in general, and promoting the digitally-administered economy, in particular. --SPA 21:26 LOCAL TIME 18:26 GMT 0013 www.spa.gov.sa/w1443551