Pelas informações de amigos, esse local seria o Libano, mas uma reportagem de Louise Redvers, da BBC, assinala os Emiratos. Na duvida, transcrevo uma passagem. Porém, se incluir a África do Norte não tenho duvida: é a Tunísia.
Tenente da policia do Dubai, Maithe Obaid Almehairi (foto da mesma reportagem)
The newest generation of
women in the United Arab Emirates looks a lot like Farha Alshamsi: educated and
career-minded.
The 31-year-old has two
degrees, holds a senior position in a government agency and runs her own
communications and advisory company on the side.
“We have women working in
all sectors and the government does a lot to support women… families are
encouraging both males and females to go out there and start their own career,”
she said. “There are many women in government ministries and at executive
levels in the public sector.”
At first glance, it appears
that women in the UAE enjoy some of the best working conditions among the more
patriarchal countries in the Middle East. But others say there is more to the
story.
While UAE citizens like
Alshamsi enjoy privileges including free education, housing and preferential
access to public sector jobs, they account for barely 10% of the population.
The rest of the UAE’s
workforce is made up of expatriates from all corners of the globe — including
many women — who are attracted by the Emirates’ thriving economy, year-round
sunshine and tax-free environment.
Within that expat
workforce, the potential for career advancement is less certain. For one, it is
dependent upon the type of visa women hold and their level of employment, which
dictate access to pay, legal protection and benefits.
While there is now more
acceptance of women — expats and nationals — in high-ranking positions,
damaging stereotypes about their abilities and commitment still exist.Flexible
schedules and other adjustments for working mothers remain scarce.
Citizen benefits
For Emirati women such as
Alshamsi, career possibilities are generally very bright. Unlike their counterparts
in more conservative Gulf neighbour states, Emirati women are employed in a
range of sectors from the military and police, to engineering, media, fashion
and management, although they still make up a tiny percentage of an
expat-dominated workforce.
There are five female
cabinet ministers in the UAE government and women are at the forefront of
several key government agencies, including the team that helped the city secure
the 2020 Expo and the Dubai Media Office, which is responsible for communications
in the Emirate.
In February this year, the
UAE vice president and ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
announced the formation of the UAE Gender Balance Council, which according to
local press reports, will promote new strategies for female empowerment.
The council will be chaired
by his daughter Sheikha Manal Bint Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is
already the president of the Dubai Women’s Establishment, created in 2006 to
“identify and quantify the status of women in the workforce of Dubai.
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