Distance learning program in Saudi Arabia and their opportunities for Saudi women

In the Arab countries, due to the large population increase, most provinces cannot meet every students' demand for higher education. In an attempt to find solutions, the Arab Regional Conference on Higher Education, held in Beirut in 1998, made recommendations, particularly in the field of information and communication technologies for education. The idea is to offer courses of study by alternative means, outside traditional universities, breaking with traditional forms of teaching. In the Saudi context, although men and women supposedly have equal access to education, a number of cultural, social and religious barriers limit their ability to pursue higher education. Thus, in developing countries, distance learning appears to be an opportunity to partially address the inequalities in access to higher education experienced by women. That said, can this method of teaching practiced in a conservative society like Saudi Arabia be seen as a real opportunity for women to continue to train?