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To commemorate women for their resilience and their contribution in building a sustainable world, VFS Global operations at the Al-Hada Visa Application Center in Riyadh were managed by an all-female staff on International Women’s Day.
As part of the initiative, a women-only team handled visa applications for 28 countries including Canada, the UK and countries falling under the Schengen zone. In addition, female team members took control of security, operated control rooms as well as transported passports to respective embassies or missions.
Sumanth Kapoor, business head — Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, VFS Global, said: “VFS Global is proud to support International Women’s Day.
We are having an all-female work day at Al-Hada center to honor the social, economic and cultural achievements of women in Saudi Arabia and across the world.
The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality, so we are committing to empowering our teams with actionable steps for personal, professional and organizational success in the Kingdom and beyond.”
In line with Saudi Vision 2030 goals for women’s empowerment, VFS Global has enhanced its inclusion and diversity framework.
Its efforts have culminated in 40 percent of its existing workforce in Saudi Arabia being female, 90 percent of which are Saudi nationals.
Other female staff members belong to the Philippines, Ethiopia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Palestine and Yemen.
Worldwide, VFS Global has a ratio of 58 percent women across all its operations in more than 140 countries.
VFS Global is the world’s largest outsourcing and technology services specialist for governments and diplomatic missions worldwide. With 3,490 application centers, operations in 143 countries across five continents and more than 227 million applications processed (since inception in 2001), VFS Global is the trusted partner of 64 client governments.
The company manages non-judgmental and administrative tasks related to applications for visa, passport and consular services for its client governments, enabling them to focus entirely on the critical task of assessment.