women not important in uae. how do you feel about a loved one working there?

I respect that it's their culture. I am just glad that our culture doesn't consider women that way although reality would say that there are many instances when women's rights have been trampled upon. Actually, I feel that it's worse that way. At least in the middle east, they treat women that way because that's what their culture dictates. But here in our place?

I cant imagine there are parents who let there child marry an old man just because of money? Its like selling your own flesh and blood for a thing that can be lost in a sudden. I think those people doesnt value there family and not a woman. I belive that not all people in UAE do the same thing. We have a client from UAE and we are recruiting workers especially female workers, but we havent encountered issue between them.

I’ve no relatives working there but from what I read in the media, I feel UAE is a very risky place for outsiders to work and stay. There laws are so warped in medieval times, you don’t really know what’s normal or abnormal to them. They have such rigid Islamic laws that it’s a complete abuse of basic human rights. Women’s conditions are of course worst and I think it’s the only country which openly declares with pride that it doesn’t have or support a minimum marriageable age for girls…I mean you can marry off girls as young as 1yr olds to 50yr old man, just as it happened in medieval times.

Yeah I can understand your point in there. I think in an arab world women have lesser rights over men. That is why our Filipina workers there are more prone being abused because of this culture they have which for me is backward already. I remember a friend of mine(lady) who is single went there and worked as a clerk in one government military hospital. She wasn't able to stand the situation there because one doctor was attempting to harass her there. She did not give in to his advances and filed her resignation. When she returned here she has seen her replacement and I think three months after she left that woman was pregnant already there.

I don't have relatives or any loved ones working in the UAE. But if ever one of the women I know will plan to work there, I will tell her how bad women are treated there and I will try my best to stop her. I truly hate it when women get discriminated. I would never let women that I love be treated like that.

I have a friend working in an UAE airline as a flight attendent. She flies to there from time to time. Obviously she's quite important to this UAE airline because most of the flight attendents are female. Just imagine if all females are deemed not important in the UAE and not hired by the airline, and so all the flight attendents are male. Would this airline be as successful as it is now? Do you enjoy flying on a plane where all the crew members are male?

Hello Ritchelle, This is not a new issue with middleast. This is one of their hidden issues long time before. Girls as young as 8 yrs old married to old guys becoz of dowry. This happens with poor family. The NGO's (non-governmental organizations)were trying to save young girls from this cruel situation,but,often times failed to succeed since the family doesn't cooperate with them. This is a long battle that other countries and media were trying to help and reach out for those poor young girls...abused and used. Our government should not allow our women to work in such places. Ok,we cannot blame our women to work abroad,at least give them some security. But,our own government failed to give our women security,esp from middleast countries(not all countries..but mostly from middleast) I also feel sad about this matter,and i admire those women who had the courage to gamble their safety and life for the sake of their family and kids. But,the sad part is...the women who works abroad were the one sacrificing and their husband were left here in our country sitting and having the comfortable life(ugh...i am saying this is to everyone...but mostly it is) We can never stop our women from going abroad,at least,they should be educated well about the tradition and culture about the country they were going to. That's the least to do to give them idea.

I think it's too young to get married a young girl(12 years old) to 80 year old man.I think it's their culture, we can't change it.If they don't value females in Saudi then don't go on the middle east country.

lot of female worker from indonesia have a nightmare when they working in middle east and the most case is lost their virginity