In Energy: Driving Force Behind Increasing Female Participation in the Gulf?, Global Energy Center Associate Director Bina Hussein examines the current state and impact of female participation in the workforce in these four Gulf countries, the economic reforms the countries are implementing, and the role the energy sector could play in increasing female participation in the workforce region-wide. Due to the dominant role that energy plays in the region’s economies, the energy sector is in a position to make tremendous progress and thus set an example for others to increase female workforce participation. There are certainly many challenges, but this is a leadership opportunity that cannot be ignored.
