2017
DOI: 10.1504/ijssoc.2017.10006594
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Arab women employment in the UAE: exploring opportunities, motivations and challenges

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“…Based upon the four themes from the conceptual framework, the results found some positive indicators that progress has been made. From a theoretical perspective, this fits within the motherhood myth (Miller, 2017;Tlaiss, 2014;Verniers and Vala, 2018;Alfarran, et al, 2018;Al-Ismail et al, 2019).…”
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confidence: 73%
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“…Based upon the four themes from the conceptual framework, the results found some positive indicators that progress has been made. From a theoretical perspective, this fits within the motherhood myth (Miller, 2017;Tlaiss, 2014;Verniers and Vala, 2018;Alfarran, et al, 2018;Al-Ismail et al, 2019).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 73%
“…The ILO (2017) argued that if females do not receive proper respect in the company, they may never be allowed to demonstrate their competencies and skills. Alfarran et al (2018) investigated institutional barriers to women’s employment in the private sector in Saudi Arabia, whereas Miller et al (2017) and Tlaiss (2014) investigated barriers in the UAE. Our findings align with these studies within the theme of formal barriers.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Most constitutions of the Arab countries recognize equality between men and women, and almost all ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (except Somalia and Sudan). However, legislative and institutional structures continue to discriminate heavily against women (UNPD, 2016) and the majority of Arab countries have no laws that directly ban gender discrimination (UNPD, 2016), which could explain the slow improvement in gender equality (Miller et al , 2017; Bastian et al , 2018). The 2011 uprisings and subsequent civil wars created a void, allowing a slew of highly conservative so-called Islamist parties to instrumentalize the religion for political purposes.…”
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confidence: 99%