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In 1980, Qatar was the fourth most obese nation in the world. A recent report conducted in 2013 concluded that Qatar ranks fifth globally in terms of obesity rates. The same report revealed that 22.1% of girls under 20 and 33.5% of boys under 20 are classified as obese. [7] 36.5% of boys and 23.6% of girls age 12–17 were overweight in 2003.
By 1948, it was visited by approximately 75 out-patients per day. The American Mission ceased sending staff members to the hospital in the late 1940s or early 1950s, and as a result, the government assumed full responsibility for its operation. [6] Al Rumailah Hospital, the first government hospital in the country, was founded in 1957. [6]
Qatar is the only remaining country in the Gulf region with such laws, [4] Women in Qatar were enfranchised at the same time as men. [5] Labour force participation rates of Qatari women are above the world average and among the highest in the Arab World , [ 6 ] which comes mainly as a result of an increasing number of Qatari women who are ...
Qatar Airways has avoided a lawsuit over an incident in which a number of female passengers were forced to undergo invasive medical examinations, after an Australian federal court dismissed the ...
An Australian court has rejected a case brought by five women seeking compensation from Qatar Airways over invasive gynecological examinations conducted on passengers at Doha’s airport in 2020.
Women in Qatar vote and may run for public office. Qatar enfranchised women at the same time as men in connection with the May 1999 elections for a Central Municipal Council. [88] [89] It was the first Arab country in the Persian Gulf to allow women the right to vote. [90]
Australia said a strip-search of women at Qatar's main airport in 2020 played a part in its decision this year to stop Qatar Airways from selling more flights to Australia, denying it was acting ...
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Qatari This category exists only as a container for other categories of Qatari women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.