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Quebec's gender equality excludes Arab women
22-8-2017
The minister responsible for the status of women in the government of Quebec, Lise Theriault, unveiled earlier in July her government’s gender equality strategy in all fields of work, in jobs, decision-making positions, regions, social, economic and professional environments, including ethnic communities. The USD 80 million five-year plan, Theriault said, comes as part of the government’s support to achieve equality between men and women. She pointed out that currently, efforts center on the sectors migrant women suffer most in terms of marginalization, discrimination, racism and inequality. On the subject, Al Hayat newspaper reported yesterday that the strategy addressed only the gender equation imbalance in employment and relevant areas against a systematic discrimination based on ethnicity, color, culture, language, experience and other factors violating the principle of equality. Al Hayat wrote, that the Arab migrant woman or the Quebec woman from Arab origin has remained outside, for they can hardly be compared with Quebec women in terms of troubles they face in integration in the local labor market, high unemployment rates or low wages, despite their competency in academic achievement and professional experience. Al Hayat also drew attention to the statistical data published by the ministry of immigration and cultural communities for 2015-2016 which showed a real and deep crater between Arab and Quebec women at most levels. Accordingly, the average job prospects available to Arab working women stood at 33.5% against 56.7% for the Quebec women; the unemployment rate posted 19.7% against 6.5% and the monthly income of Arab expats did not exceed USD 1800 compared with USD 5192 for Quebec women. )Al Hayat, August 21, 2017(
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