I should have done my homework.

In the 2008 World Economic Forum "Global Gender Gap" report, Saudi managed to be number 128 out of 130 nations, beating both Chad and Yemen!!

Out of interest, here are the GCC scores:
Kuwait: 101
UAE: 105
Oman: 118
Qatar: 119
Bahrain: 121
Saudi Arabia: 128
http://www.weforum.org/pdf/gendergap/report2008.pdf