Arab Women in the Gulf and the Narrative of Change: the Case of Qatar

Golkowska, Krystyna U.

doi:10.2478/ipcj-2014-0004

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“…1) of 2001, which equalized the rights and duties of men and women in the workplace, and Labor Law No. (14) of which provided equality in working rights to men and women, including pay, training opportunities and job advancement (Felder & Vuollo, ; Golkowska, ; Qatar General Secretariat for Development Planning, ).…”

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Structural accommodations of patriarchy: Women and workplace gender segregation in Qatar

Salem

Yount

2019

Gender Work & Organization

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As the institutions of classic patriarchy erode in Qatar, women are entering the labour force in growing numbers. It is argued that women's need to work in societies historically characterized by classic patriarchy causes them to enact strategic accommodations that signal their feminine respectability and conformity to male domination. We find the Qatari context to be characterized by structural rather than individual accommodations of patriarchy. State institutions and several employers have made available gender‐segregated workplaces that facilitate women's employment while maintaining many elements of patriarchy. Using semi‐structured interview data with university‐aged Qatari women, we examine attitudes towards employment, specifically those related to gender mixing in the workplace. Young women's narratives reveal complex schemas regarding the acceptability of gender mixing, which depends on characteristics of the working woman, characteristics of the men with whom she must interact in the workplace and the spatial organization of the workplace itself. Women's protection of their reputations, critical to maintaining their families’ support and their own marriageability, emerged as a key motivation for limiting interactions with men. The preference for gender‐segregated workplaces reveals Qatari women's continued subscription to the patriarchal bargain — they constrain their behaviour in return for protection from male kin.

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Structural accommodations of patriarchy: Women and workplace gender segregation in Qatar

Salem

Yount

2019

Gender Work & Organization

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“…This contract generally includes agreements about the woman's future activities, such as continued schooling, working outside the home, and in some cases, support in the event of divorce is also included (El-Haddad, 2003;Golkowska, 2014). Divorce rates in Qatar have fluctuated between 7-10% in the last 10 years (Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics, 2014;Shehzad, 2015).…”

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The Patriarchal Bargain in a Context of Rapid Changes to Normative Gender Roles: Young Arab Women’s Role Conflict in Qatar

James‐Hawkins

Qutteina

2016

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THE PATRIARCHAL BARGAIN 2Social norms in patriarchal countries in the Middle East are changing at differing rates. In Qatar, expectations about education have shifted, and women's participation in higher education is normative. However, women's participation in the workforce remains relatively low, and women still are expected to perform all household and child-rearing activities. Interviews with 27 18-25 year-old Qatari women enrolled in college in Qatar are used to illustrate the conflict between norms about education, workforce, and family. Many young women resolve this normative conflict by giving preference to family over work and education. Other women hold conflicting norms and goals for their future without acknowledging the normative conflict. Overall, young women in this sample feared divorce, were uncertain about customary family safety nets, and thus desired financial independence so they would be able to support themselves if they are left alone later in life due to divorce, or the death of their husband. The Qatari government should revisit the appropriateness of continuing to emphasize the patriarchal family structure and socially conservative family norms, if they desire to advance women in their society.

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“…Qatar has a large public sector, and the jobs within this sectorincluding the military and the policeare among the highest paid and least demanding within the nation, while at the same time requiring minimal educational attainment. Understanding student perspectives and engagement with learning and schooling in Qatar helps to comprehend why 75% of Qataris are employed in government sectors (Golkowska, 2014;Staz, Eide, & Martorell, 2007).…”

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Parental Influence on Student Educational Expectations: Results from the 2012 Qatar Education Study

Sellami

2019

IJHE

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This study investigated factors that are likely to influence students’ educational expectations in the State of Qatar, concentrating on selected parental factors. Drawing on recent work in the field, the study examined the intersection of student demographic and socio-economic attributes along with contextual factors, on student educational expectations. The study uses student and parent data from a nation-wide survey of preparatory and secondary schools, the 2012 Qatar Education Study. The results showed students’ gender and grade level positively affect their reported educational expectations, with females and those in higher grade levels more likely to report higher expectations. While student reports of parental involvement were not significant, parent reports were marginally significant. The paper concludes with some recommendations for further study and research.

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Arab Women in the Gulf and the Narrative of Change: the Case of Qatar

Cited by 20 publications

References 4 publications

Structural accommodations of patriarchy: Women and workplace gender segregation in Qatar

Structural accommodations of patriarchy: Women and workplace gender segregation in Qatar

The Patriarchal Bargain in a Context of Rapid Changes to Normative Gender Roles: Young Arab Women’s Role Conflict in Qatar

Parental Influence on Student Educational Expectations: Results from the 2012 Qatar Education Study

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