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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]
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. [89] [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.
There was again wide disparities between the scores for the three dimensions within many countries, showing that all countries have room for improvement. Additionally, the report found that 600 million women (15% of the world's women) lived within 50 kilometers of an armed conflict in 2022. [12]
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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 ...
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.
In the Corruption Perceptions Index 2007, Qatar was ranked 32nd out of 179 countries for corruption (least corrupt countries are at the top of the list). On a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 being the most corrupt and 10 the most transparent, Transparency International rated Qatar 6.0. [14]
The women were taken off a plane in Doha after a baby was found in an airport bathroom, and authorities wanted to find the parents.