Melania Trump hails 'empowerment of women' at Saudi company visit

First Lady Melania Trump is greeted as she visits GE All women business process service center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad l Mohammed

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump praised the "empowerment of women" at a General Electric all-female service center in the Saudi capital on Sunday, stating that women should work together and educate their children well.

She is accompanying U.S. President Donald Trump on his first international visit to Saudi Arabia since taking office in January, and told 200 female employees that she tried to make balance between her role as a First Lady and a mother.

"It is about finding the balance," she told the women there. Later on Twitter, she wrote "Enjoyed talking to the incredible women working hard @GE_Saudi service center. Great strides being made towards the empowerment of women."

Although Saudi Arabia is known to be one of the most gender-segregated nations in the world, the women’s situation started to improve as late King Abdullah declared in 2011 that women could join the government advisory Shura Council to diversify the economy, employ more women and cut reliance on oil.