(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) While 43 per cent of working women in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region believe they are paid less than their male counterparts, the general sentiment is that workplace equality across the region has grown to be on par with working environments in the Western world.
Further data from the Bayt.com survey, 'The Status of Working Women in the Mena', reveals that gender bias in the Mena workplace is perceived to be heading towards better equality, with 51 per cent of respondents supporting the fact that they are being treated equally at work.
In today's workplace, 72 per cent of women across the Mena region work in mixed-gender environments, compared to 15 per cent who work in offices where men and women are segregated, and 13 per cent who have only female employees. While the trend across the region is for the majority of women to be employed in a mixed workplace, the split in KSA is relatively even; 36 per cent of women work in female-only environments, 33 per cent work in a segregated environment, and 31 per cent share their workplace with men.
Suha Mardelli, HR director at Bayt.com, said: "Women in the Mena region are clearly seeing a major breakthrough when it comes to equality in the workplace. The level of empowerment women enjoy today is no doubt a driving factor for the way in which their working environments are continually evolving, levelling out the playing field for all employees."
Seven in 10 women are comfortable with working in a mixed environment € four in 10 claim to be 'extremely' comfortable. The majority of working women in the Mena (77 per cent) state that they currently work for a male manager though they have no preference of working for a man or woman (66 per cent), and that there are more men than women in their workplace (58 per cent).
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