Cracking the Glass Ceiling
This series examines women’s labor force participation in the Gulf Arab states, including areas of growth as well as challenges facing women in the Gulf. It provides an overview of the major economic diversification efforts and social changes that GCC countries are undergoing to close the gender gap and increase women’s economic empowerment.
Cracking the Glass Ceiling: Arab Women in Technology
Globally, computer science and information technology majors in universities are dominated by men. However, in the Middle East, 40 percent of university students specializing in computer science and IT are women.
Cracking the Glass Ceiling: Gulf Women in Health Care
For many conservative people in the Gulf Arab states, practicing medicine as a woman is still unacceptable.
Cracking the Glass Ceiling: Gulf Women in Manufacturing
This post is part of a series examining women’s labor force participation in the Gulf Arab states, including areas of growth and challenges facing women in the Gulf. As Gulf Arab countries seek to diversify their economies away from oil, they have made major investments in the manufacturing sector, which contributes on average around 11 percent of...
