On-line women survey: 53% of Lebanese women are paid the same as men

According to a new poll undertaken by recruitment agency Bayt.com in collaboration with YouGov on the position of working women in the MENA region. 53% of women working in mixed environment claim to be paid salaries that are equal to their male colleagues, and 4% said that they are paid higher salaries than men.

The data was collected online between 22 October to 20 November 2014. 1543 women participated from United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Lebanon, Jordan, Algeria, Egypt, and Morocco, of which 115 women from Lebanon.  Results showed that 55% of women work to be financially autonomous whilst 40% work to contribute to household expenses. Some 64% of Lebanese working women said that are treated at work similarly as men whilst 13% complained from their treatment.

(Source: L’Orient le Jour 13 January 2015)