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Labor force participation for women in Qatar is roughly 51%, which is higher than the world average, and is the highest rate in the Arab world. [90] [6] However, both Qatari and non-Qatar women are affected by a wage gap, in which they are paid 25 to 50 percent less than men.
Until 1966, Qatar used the Indian rupee as its currency, in the form of Gulf rupees. When India devalued the rupee in 1966, Qatar, along with the other states using the Gulf rupee, chose to introduce its own currency. [2] Before doing so, Qatar briefly adopted the Saudi riyal, then introduced the Qatar and Dubai riyal following the signing of ...
This is a list of tables showing the historical timeline of the exchange rate for the Indian rupee (INR) against the special drawing rights unit (SDR), United States dollar (USD), pound sterling (GBP), Deutsche mark (DM), euro (EUR) and Japanese yen (JPY). The rupee was worth one shilling and sixpence in sterling in 1947.
Below is a list of newspapers published in Qatar. [1] Al Arab – Arabic daily; Al Raya – Arabic daily; Al Sharq – Arabic daily; Al Watan – Arabic daily;
The Indian rupee was the official currency of Dubai and Qatar until 1959, when India created a new Gulf rupee (also known as the "external rupee") to hinder the smuggling of gold. [16] The Gulf rupee was legal tender until 1966, when India significantly devalued the Indian rupee and a new Qatar-Dubai riyal was established to provide economic ...
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]
Al Sharq (Arabic: الشرق, romanized: The Orient) is an Arabic pro-government daily newspaper published in Doha, Qatar. [1] The paper is one of the three leading Arabic newspapers in the country in addition to Al Raya and Al Watan .
This article lists the results and fixtures for the Qatar women's national football team. [1] The national team's first activity was in 2010, when they debuted by participating in Arabia Women's Cup in Bahrain, in which they faced Bahrain, Syria and Palestine. the team was quite unsuccessful as they finished bottom of the group losing all matches, Qatar is unranked in the FIFA Women's World ...