Gender equality? Only third of UAE labour force is female

Over three quarters of girls in the UAE go on to study at college, but when it comes to the workplace, they’re still in the minority. A ’Power Women in Arabia’ report on gender equality recommends the UAE should capitalize on its investment in education, and that’s a trend across the GCC.Currently only a third of the labour force in the UAE is female. But there’s some good news – 60% of GCC companies say they’re working towards gender equality, and over half of them claim they’ve increased their female staff numbers in the last five years.