34.3 per cent of nation’s workforce now women

By REBECCA TORR

BAHRAINI women represent 34.3 per cent of the total national workforce – the largest representation of women in the GCC, it was claimed yesterday.

This compares to 23.5pc in 2001 and only five per cent in 1971, said health Ministry Assistant Under-Secretary for Primary Care and Public Health Dr Mariam Al Jalahma.

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