existence women inside labor market In Arab countries this is to some extent 24% lower As this regional director of the UN Women Regional Office noted at one of the COP27 meetings in Sharm El Sheikh last year, compared to the world average, Susanne Mikhail. A year later, the situation has actually made little progress.
“When women enter the business world They progress and prosper until they have a familyThat’s when their attention is expected to focus on the family environment,” assures Prensa Ibérica’s El Periódico. Raghda KurdiRepresentative of the Arab International Women’s Forum. “Social pressure makes many women leave their form races early“says the former manager of a pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Jordan. In her own experience at the head of a company, it is the economic health of the country that determines the degree of integration of women in the workplace.
“With low wages, it is not possible to pay for transportation to work, a babysitter or babysitter. kindergarten. women feel it not worth it all the sacrifices they invested. “They and their families are losing a lot,” says Kurdi. The former businesswoman is, above all, aware of the situation. economic and labor laws an organization that governs her country, Jordan, and ensures that despite having good motherhood policies, reconciliation is still very complicated. “This situation is repeated in other Arab countries with weak economies. On the other hand, this situation is repeated in Arab countries with better economies, such as Arab countries.” Gulf, (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates), the reward justifies the sacrifice. That’s why women there have more careers, because they need transportation, child care, etc. while they work. They can get things done. Salary justifies the investment“says the speaker invited to a series of conferences organized by the European Mediterranean Institute (IEMed) together with Unió per la Mediterrània and held last week at the Pedralbes Palace in Barcelona. Up to 32% in the Gulf countries By the expert digital magazine ‘Trade Finance Global’ According to the data collected, there is a woman on the boards of family companies.
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According to a recent report from the Brookings research center, women in the Middle East and North Africa region represent 57% of college graduates, surpassing figures in countries such as the United States. Among these, Jordan is one of the Arab countries with the best female education rate. “Jordanian women have some things very high level of education, But economic conditions do not allow them to move forward,” says Kurdi. In this sense, he reassures: “If the economy is doing well, this frequency of abandonment decreases, or at least not so early, but when the economy is not doing well, this frequency of abandonment decreases.” society grows further conservative and traditional. He turns his back on women,” says the former businesswoman.
As Arab women reach higher levels of education, they also break down some barriers the gender issue that prevents them from dedicating themselves to traditionally masculine professions. Although the presence of women in senior leadership positions is increasing across a variety of industries, finance, aviation, business, technology or researchThis panorama of premature abandonment of the world of work still results in a gender gap in positions of responsibility. “We must give women more management tools that will allow them to advance so that they do not give up working for the family in this period of low economic development. Only in this way, glass ceilings “For us to progress socially, the economy needs to improve,” Kurdi says.