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Women in engineering: A qualitative investigation of the contextual support and barriers to their career choice
( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)This study explores both past and current experiences of female engineering students. Women continue to be underrepresented in certain STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields in most countries. Using ... -
Women In Religious Discourse After Mohamed Bin Salman Rise To Power: An Analytical Discription Of The Official Online Islamic Discourse In Saudi Arabia
(2019 , Master Thesis)This study aims to examine women in the Saudi online official religious discourse after Mohamed Bin Salman’s rise to power. The study hypothesizes that the official religious discourse in Saudi Arabia after Mohamed Bin ... -
Women Leadership, Culture, and Islam: Female Voices from Jordan
( Springer Nature , 2023 , Article)This paper aims to explore the experiences of female leaders considering the interplay of gender, religion, and culture. Drawing on an inductive-qualitative study, the paper examines perceptions regarding the role of ... -
Women perceived practices of mothering in a socially changing Qatari society
( Medwell Journals , 2016 , Article)This study proposes to examine the ways in which motherhood as a social phenomenon is constructed within Qatari culture. Understanding the role of mothers in society as well as the mothering practices could lead to ... -
Women with disabilities in the state of Qatar: Human rights, challenges and means of empowerment
( International Journal of Special Education , 2017 , Article)This study explored human rights for Qatari women with disabilities, challenges and means of empowerment as perceived by females and males both with and without disabilities. The Questionnaire of the Rights of Women with ... -
Women's Experiences of Family Law and Family Justice Processes in Qatar - Findings of an Empirical Study
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2023 , Conference Paper)This paper will provide an overview of the findings of a DIFI funded study, titled An Empirical Study of Women's Marriage and Divorce Experiences in Qatar, in which 40 women participants were engaged in semi-structured ... -
Women's Health and Well-Being in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: A Narrative Review of Achievements and Gaps in the Gulf States.
( MDPI , 2020 , Article)In 2014, United Nations member states proposed a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs) to help further the millennium development goals that they had proposed in New York in 2000. Of these 13 SDGs, Goal 3 (i.e., SDG ... -
Women's Political Participation in Oman: State, Society, and Culture
(2021 , Dissertation)This dissertation studies the social, legal, and institutional factors that hinder women in Oman from advancing their political participation from the perspective of female candidates. The main finding is that lager ... -
Women's spaces in the vernacular Qatari courtyard house: how privacy and gendered spatial segregation shape architectural identity
( Emerald , 2022 , Article)Purpose: This research study aims to explore sociocultural factors such as privacy and gender segregation as they relate to the spatial perception of women's spaces within the vernacular Qatari household, and the activities, ... -
Women-Focused Cardiac Rehabilitation Delivery Around the World and Program Enablers to Support Broader Implementation
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)BackgroundWomen are less likely than men to use cardiac rehabilitation (CR); thus, women-focused (W-F) CR was developed. Implementation of W-F CR globally was investigated, as well as barriers and enablers to its delivery. ... -
Women-Only Cardiac Rehabilitation Delivery Around the World
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article & Conference Proceedings)Background: Women utilize cardiac rehabilitation (CR) significantly less than men. Gender-tailored CR improves adherence and mental health outcomes when compared to traditional programs. This study ascertained the ... -
Women’s Representation in The Core Curriculum Courses of The History of Qatar and Islamic Culture at Qatar University
(2021 , Master Thesis)Women and education are two major focal areas in Qatar’s development agenda. In 2008, Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani launched the Qatar National Vision 2030, which foregrounded gender equality and the ability ... -
Work force assignment and planning for onshore oil and gas wells cementing operations
(2016 , Professional Masters Project)In oil and gas well cementing operations, workers are exposed to long consecutive hours of work and irregular off times due to the nature of such service and inefficient workforce assignment. Overloading human resources ... -
Work in progress: Use of mobile technology to deliver training in blended learning and independent study formats
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2016 , Conference Paper)As citizens of countries and employees become comfortable using mobile technology, there is an opportunity for the workplace to deliver training using mobile technology. Using mobile learning allows employees to learn just ... -
The work of transnational forensic medicine experts in colonised zones:the Palestinian case
( Manchester University Press , 2019 , Article)This article aims to shed light on the post-mortem practices for Palestinian dead bodies when there is suspicion of human rights violations by Israeli military forces. By focusing on the case of Omran Abu Hamdieh from ... -
Work-Life -Balance in Qatar: Implementing Tows Analysis as a Variant of the Classic Strategic Tool, SWOT
( West East Institute Journals , 2018 , Article)Purpose The overall goal of this paper is to explore via Gap and TOWS analysis if organizations are offering innovative benefits from the perspective of married employees that make being a working dad or mom easier ... -
Workers remittances and economic development: Which role for education?
( Palgrave Macmillan , 2016 , Book chapter)In the past decades, international remittance inflows have significantly increased in developing nations. Their importance is being acknowledged due to their scale and growth, which makes them stand out on an aggregate and ... -
Workers’ Remittances and Economic Growth in MENA Countries: The Role of Financial Development
( Springer , 2020 , Book chapter)In this article, we examine the role of financial development as a channel through which migrants’ remittances could affect economic growth in selected countries of the MENA region. -
Workforce Nationalization in the GCC Organizations: Qatarization at Qatar Olympic Committee
( The Case Centre , 2022 , Other)In the State of Qatar, nationals or Qataris comprise less than 15% of the overall population. According to the Qatar Population Policy of 2017-2022, the main objectives include, increasing the number of local population, ... -
Working and living conditions of migrant workers in the GCC
( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)Since Qatar was awarded the hosting of the 2022 World Cup, a great deal of media attention has focused on the conditions of the foreign workers responsible for creating and maintaining the infrastructure of the modern Gulf ...
