This paper provides a detailed insight into the Arab culture, specifically, the perceptions of Qatari culture on women in engineering. The Qatari culture greatly discourage and limit females from entering engineering fields, which is mainly due to Qatari's culture mentality. In addition, this paper will show how the socio-cultural factors in Qatar plays a main role in hindering females from pursuing engineering. The three main factors are gender roles, female education, female in mixed workplace. These factors unfortunately depriving women from their rights of independence, education, and choice of career.
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