General Statistics | |
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Maternal mortality (per 100,000) | 7 (2010) |
Women in parliament | 0.1% (2013) |
Women over 25 with secondary education | 66.7% (2012) |
Women in labour force | 50.8% (2012) |
Gender Inequality Index[1] | |
Value | 0.220 (2021) |
Rank | 54th out of 191 |
Global Gender Gap Index[2] | |
Value | 0.617 (2022) |
Rank | 137th out of 146 |
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Women's rights in Qatar are restricted by the country's male guardianship law[3] - currently the only remaining country in the Gulf region with such laws[4] - and influenced by the Wahhabi interpretation of Islam.[5] Both women and men were enfranchised in the country at the same time.[6] Labour force participation rates of Qatari women are above the world average and among the highest in the Arab World,[7] which comes mainly as a result of an increasing number of Qatari women who are attaining academic degrees.[8]
There is limited mixing between the sexes and Qatari women in public are largely expected to wear traditional clothing which typically consists of an abaya and shayla, both of which partially conceal their appearance. Mouza Al Malki, a psychologist, claims that gender separation is influenced more by cultural factors than religious factors.[9] Women in Qatar must obtain permission from their male guardians to marry, study abroad on government scholarships, work in many government jobs, travel abroad until certain ages, receive some forms of reproductive health care and to act as a child's primary guardian, even when they are divorced.[10]
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