There is a “double barrier facing Arab women – both gender and coming from a minority,” Ruth Ludlam of Reality and Fiction [1] writes. “Thus, Arab women seeking employment are held back first by their own society's traditional attitudes and later by the discrimination against Arabs in Israeli society. However, there seems to be some progress, with half of the Arab university students in Israel now being female.”
Israel: Challenges Facing Arab Businesswomen
· Written by Maya Norton
Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Israel, Economics & Business, Ethnicity & Race, Women & Gender