in the Middle East

Middle Eastern women have long suffered discrimination

and inequalities in employment

Saudi Arabia UAEMore women are entering the workforce and starting their own businesses.

Significant Improvements: Women currently run about 16,390 businesses.

International business

Rise in women-owned business.

Opportunities for foreign investment in women-centered services or offering legal services. [3]

Women are in the army and have more control over their careers.Women-owned businesses haves grown and are 1.7 times more productive than those run by men.

Major B2B trading sites is run by a woman.Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, who runs Tejari.com, is also Minister of Economy of the United Arab Emirates; a huge step forward for all women in Middle East.

Women can work alongside men meaning more career choices for them. Women are working in:

Male-dominated fields like construction and engineering.WomenEntertainment business, a difficult choice in an Islamic society.International business: An appointment of a woman as the Minister of Economy is evidence that the nation is being proactive in the area of women’s rights. [3]  

More Recent Developments

AT LEAST NOT AT LEAST NOT YETYET !!

Let us tackle discrimination Let us tackle discrimination and close the gap between and close the gap between

the sexes.the sexes.Let us promote Let us promote

gender equality and equal gender equality and equal opportunities so that both opportunities so that both genders can develop their genders can develop their

talents.talents.

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2. AbuKhalil, A. (2000). Women in the Middle East. Retrieved April 25, 2009, from http://www.fpif.org/briefs/vol5/v5n30women.html

3. Ghimire, B. (2006). Working Women in the Middle East. Retrieved April 27, 2009, from http://internationalbusiness.suite101.com/article.cfm/workingwomeninmiddleeast

4. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (2009, April 19).Islamic Feminism. Retrieved on April 25, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_feminism

5. Arima (2008, May 18). Islamic Feminism is Alive and Well-Part II. Message posted

to http://www.irfi.org/articles2/articles_2651_2700/articles_2651_2700.htm