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YouGovSiraj in association with Bayt.com recently completed a survey on women in the workplace in the Middle East. The results showed that 60% of women in the Middle East 's workplace feel that they are treated fairly as compared to their male counterparts. A further 7% of women reported receiving preferential treatment vis-à-vis male colleagues while 23% reported male colleagues received preferential treatment.The survey revealed that there was frequent disparity among nationalities with respect to their feelings about their promotion in the workplace. Although 41% of women felt they had a lower chance of being promoted than their male colleagues, this was most pronounced amongst GCC nationals, with half believing they stood a lower chance, closely followed by 47% of Asians. By contrast, 44% of Western women, almost double the average (27%), felt that their promotion chances were equal to their male equivalents.
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