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Dubai
Women
In Arab countries, men have traditionally
been the providers, women the homemakers. This concept
is slowly changing specially in Dubai, however, as the
attitudes of the outside world permeate Arab society.
Dubai Woman was very simple and shy in nature. But this
trend has also changed now. The process is hastened
by the influx of foreign women to Dubai. For some time,
Arab women have worked in teaching and nursing, but
they’re increasingly also found in other fields,
especially banking, finance and the service sector.
The majority of expatriate female workers are employed
in the service sector as doctors, lawyers, hotel administrators,
in advertising, public relations, nursing, education
and as stewardesses for the many national airlines.
More local women are entering the work
force in Dubai and some employers view them as harder-working
and more reliable than the average local male worker
(and invariably cheaper to employ). Women rising to
positions of power and influence tend to come from middle
and upper echelon families. Indeed, for a woman to rise
to a position of influence at work she needs the support
of her family, especially the male members.
Women are generally safe in the workplace,
with little sexual harassment because of the severe
punishments for this. The influx of female ‘tourists’
(i.e. prostitutes) from eastern Europe in recent times,
however, has reduced the level of respect that foreign
females hitherto enjoyed. Women should also be careful
not to be too friendly towards Arab men in the workplace,
because this can be misunderstood as flirtatiousness.
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