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Saudi Arabia has doubled the share of women in the workforce—but obstacles remain

Women in Saudi Arabia now own 45% of small- and medium-size businesses. They’re still rare, however, in the top ranks of bigger companies.

Fortune · May 23, 2025

‘Every day I cry’: 50 women talk about life as a domestic worker under the Gulf’s kafala system

Denounced as giving a ‘veneer of legality to slaveholding’, the kafala labour code persists, allowing employers to abuse women, who vanish from society. This is the testimony of some of those workers, gathered over two years in a Guardian investigation

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2024

Revealed: allegations of abuse and captivity without pay at UAE’s lucrative recruitment agencies

Domestic make claims of being locked up without salary until work is found, denied proper food and beaten for leaving abusive employers

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2023

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‘State-sanctioned domestic abuse’: Women in Middle East and North African countries must get men’s permission to travel

Report finds women can be arrested, detained or made to go home if male guardians in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan and Kuwait report they are ‘absent’ from homes

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2023

Male guardianship rules in Qatar throttle gender equality, experts say

The World Cup is being hosted in Qatar this year and while thousands of revellers, and WAGS, descend on the country the event is mired in controversy as some focus on equality issues

Daily Mirror · Nov 28, 2022

Lawyers explain 'horrific' reason female fans reporting sexual assault in Qatar could be jailed

As female football fans flock to watch the Three Lions in the World Cup, human rights campaigners and lawyers expose the reality of being a woman in Qatar

Daily Mirror · Nov 22, 2022

Google and Apple’s role in Qatari app that lets men stop women from leaving the country

Exclusive: Tech giants under fire for making available Metrash2 app, which can be used to stop unmarried Qatari women aged under 25 from leaving the Gulf state

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2022

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Female migrant workers speak out about harassment in Qatar’s World Cup hotels

Globally, women hospitality workers are vulnerable to abuse, with sporting events linked to increased risk. We spoke to five women about their experiences in Qatar’s hotels

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2022

World Cup draws attention to equal rights, including attire

Official-looking flyers have circulated on social media describing cultural expectations for fans attending the World Cup in Qatar

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022

‘Act of cowardice’: Mural of Marge Simpson chopping off hair in solidarity with Iran protests removed

‘We will not be intimidated by this despicable gesture,’ street artist says

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022

Protests could dismantle Iran’s morality police, campaigners say

‘We are seeing men and women, regular people, taking to the streets,’ researcher says

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022

Qatar 'covering up women being flogged for adultery cases ahead of World Cup'

Zina laws classify sex and pregnancy outside marriage as a crime and even rape victims can face prosecution, which involves floggings and jail, if a suspect claims sex was consensual

Daily Mirror · Apr 30, 2022

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