Qatari women make gains in the law

Women represent 14.2 per cent of all lawyers working in Qatar, according to statistics from the government.

23 June 2014

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The ‘Qatar Social Statistics 2003-2012’ report, released by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics, says that the first woman lawyer joined the Qatari bar in the year 2000. Females accounted for 12.5 per cent of trainee Qatari lawyers in 2012. Source: Qatari government