Princess Rima bint Bandar: First Saudi woman ambassador

Princess Rima bint Bandar, Saudi Arabia's first woman ambassador, is a social campaigner on the front line of government efforts to boost the kingdom's battered international reputation despite never having worked as a diplomat. The 43-year-old princess was named envoy to Washington on Saturday as the kingdom faces pressure from US lawmakers over last year's murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents and its bombing campaign in neighbouring Yemen. A member of the Saudi royal family, the divorced mother-of-two is a vociferous advocate of women's rights and previously worked at the kingdom's General Sports Authority, where she led a campaign to boost sports education for girls in schools despite opposition from hardliners.

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