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They may not battle on a grass feild or stage, but these women are going head to head? in the? feild of education. In a society where men have? dominated for too many years to count, women have found a place and are making a stand. The UAE is on course to have 40 percent of its science and engineering jobs filled by women by 2015 according to the Petroleum Institute’s (PI) provost, Dr Michael Ohadi. These projections are far greater than that of the United States.
“Females are faring better than boys in papers and exams. They are more engaged with the course while the boys are more interested in the extra curricular activities such as sports. Engineering is now more about planning and diagnosis instead of standing with a wrench in your hand,” said Dr Ohadi.
Dr Amal al Ghaferi, from the Masdar Institute, is? a pioneer for women in the engineering industry? and the Petroleum? Institute’s first female Emirati faculty member. She hopes to make some changes. She told? press,?
“Maybe the stereotypes about Muslim women in the Western world is that we just sit at home and don’t do anything independently. I want to show people I’m not wearing my scarf for nothing. I have my own mind and ideas.”
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