In countries across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), there has been significant focus in recent years on increasing the percentage of women participating in the workforce, as all six states strive to diversify their economies away from their traditional reliance on hydrocarbon wealth and nationalise their workforces to diminish reliance on expatriate labour. In the past two years, the shock and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic led to the exodus of a large number of foreign workers, a pillar of GCC economies, from the region. The impact of this exodus was tangible – over the course o…

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