Female leadership in the Arab world: an ethnographic study of educational leaders

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Sandra Baroudi ◽  
Zeina Hojeij
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Female Leadership

scholarly journals Managing "Amazonia": a cultural case study of female leadership at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Tracy Everbach
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Management Team ◽  
Female Leadership ◽  
Female Leaders ◽  
News Values ◽  
Organizational Theories ◽  
Comprehensive Examination

This ethnographic study, the first comprehensive examination of a newspaper managed by women at its highest levels, found that female leaders made some differences in newsroom management and culture, and, to a lesser degree, newspaper content. Based on feminist and organizational theories, the study entailed an examination of the Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune during a time when an all-female management team led the newspaper. Through the methods of interviews, observation and content analysis, the study found that the managers brought their feminine standpoints to the workplace. They created a work environment that emphasized teamwork, consensus and a balance of work and family. The study also found that the female leadership changed some of the processes and philosophies that had been established by previous male managers at the newspaper. However, the outcome revealed that established masculine news values and practices of reporting, editing, and selecting images and news remained entrenched despite the all-female management team. The female gatekeepers selected and published news topics that conformed to male-dominated news values and influenced content only in small, selected areas.

scholarly journals Female Physicians Leading Health Care in the Arab World

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salman Al Sabah ◽  
Fajer AlHamdan ◽  
Iman Qadhi ◽  
Sameera Shuaibi ◽  
Shaden Younes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Female Leadership ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Female Physicians ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Medical Graduates ◽  
Government Hospitals

Background and Objectives: A global trend in female leadership roles in the medical profession is on the rise, and females have been taking up leadership roles in varying and increasing levels. This study aims to identify changes in trends in the medical field in terms of gender in the last decade in Kuwait. Methods: A case study was conducted, in which data on leadership positions in Kuwait’s government hospitals were obtained from hospital registries. Demographic data about female to male physicians were collected from statistics published by the Department of Manpower, Statistics and Planning of Kuwait’s Ministry of Health. In addition, statistics on medical graduates were obtained from the Faculty of Medicine (FOM), Kuwait University (KU). Results: In general, every government hospital in Kuwait has experienced an increase in leadership roles among females; in 2008, among all leadership positions in Kuwait’s general hospitals, males occupied a majority of positions (60%); whereas in 2016, the male to female ratio was 1:1. The most change in gender trends was witnessed at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, where female leaders went from 38% in 2008 to 73% in 2016. The specialties that have the highest number of females in leadership positions across all hospitals from 2008 to 2016 were nuclear medicine, radiology, and laboratory medicine. In KU’s FOM, female graduates outweighed male graduates, except in 2005–2006, where females reached a minimum of 48%. The number of female physicians has also increased from its lowest of 31% of the total number of physicians in 2004–2006, to 37% in 2015. Conclusion: While women make up more than half of medical graduates in Kuwait at present, significant barriers had restricted their entry into formal medical leadership roles in the past. However, it is now seen that females currently occupy more leadership positions in government hospitals in Kuwait.

Women’s participation in political life in the Arab states

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amel Guettaoui ◽  
Ouafi Hadja
Keyword(s):  
Arab World ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Female Leadership ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Female Leaders ◽  
13Th Century ◽  
Constitutional Amendments ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
The World

The level of political representation of women in different legislative bodies around the world varies greatly. The women in the Arab world, is that as in other areas of the world, have throughout history experienced discrimination and have been subject to restriction of their freedoms and rights. Many of these practices and limitations are based on cultural and emanate from tradition and not from religion as many people supposed, these main constraints that create an obstacle towards women’s rights and liberties are reflected in the participation of women in political life. Although there are differences between the countries, the Arab region in general is noted for the low participation of women in politics. Universal suffrage has become common in most countries, but there are still some Arab women who are denied such rights. There have been many highly respected female leaders in Arab history, such as Shajar al-Durr (13th century) in Egypt, Queen Orpha (d. 1090) in Yemen. In the modern era there have also been examples of female leadership in Arab countries. However, in Arabic-speaking countries no woman has ever been head of state, although many Arabs remarked on the presence of women such as Jehan Al Sadat, the wife of Anwar El Sadat in Egypt, and Wassila Bourguiba, the wife of Habib Bourguiba in Tunisia, who have strongly influenced their husbands in their dealings with matters of state. Many Arab countries allow women to vote in national elections. The first female Member of Parliament in the Arab world was Rawya Ateya, who was elected in Egypt in 1957. Some countries granted the female franchise in their constitutions following independence, while some extended the franchise to women in later constitutional amendments.

scholarly journals Qualities of the good language teacher as perceived by prospective teachers of English in the Arab World

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Mohamed Ismail Abu-Rahmah
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Language Teacher ◽  
Saudi Students ◽  
Male Subjects

The purpose of this study was to identify the qualities of the good language teacher as perceived by student teachers of English in the Arab World. In Fall 2006, a questionnaire including 69 qualities of the good language teacher representing three dimensions (knowledge, teaching skills and personality) was developed, validated and administered to 273 prospective teachers of English in three countries of the Arab world (Egypt, Oman and Saudi Arabia). ANOVA test results indicated that there were statistically significant differences between the three groups as to the perception of theses qualities. There were statistically significant differences in the perception of the qualities between the male subjects and the female subjects in favour of females. It was concluded that (1) both the Saudi and Egyptian prospective teachers of English have similar views for the knowledge, and personality dimensions, whereas they have different views as to the teaching skills dimension, (2) both the Saudi students and the Omani students have different iiviews as to the qualities of the good language teacher, whereas the Egyptian students and the Omani students have the same views, and (3) the views of the female students as to the qualities of the good language teacher are different from the views of the male students. Accordingly, it was i recommended that two further studies are needed: (1) a l study to identify the qualities of the good language teacher using a large sample from different universities of the Arab World, and (2) an ethnographic study to investigate qualitatively and thoroughly what makes a good language teacher.

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