Saudi Arabia’s head of human rights dispels the Western misconception around the region’s school segregation

Saudi Arabia’s head of human rights dispels the Western misconception around the region’s school segregation

There’s a lot of noise around gender-segregated education in Saudi Arabia. But the Kingdom’s head of human rights says that if it wasn’t for the system in place, many young girls would miss out on being educated—herself included.  “I can tell you that we received a lot of harsh criticism on segregating schools,” H.E. Dr. Hala bint Mazyad Al-Tuwaijri said on stage in Riyadh at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women International Summit. “But actually, tho…