Employment Equity

Yosef JabareenFaculty of Architecture and Town Planning

jabareen@technion.ac.il

March 23, 2010

Employment Rate among Women in Arab Countries and Israel

42.6

37.736.23635.734.532.131.630.930.729.528.1

25.922.4

20.319.418.7

9.6

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

Qatar

Tunisia

Kuwait

Egypt

Sudan

Bahrain

United

Arab

Algeria

Yemen

Lebanon

Syria

Jordan

Libya

Saudi

Arabia

Oman

Iraq

Arabs in

Israel

Source: UNDP, 2006. The Arab Human Development Report: Towards the Rise of Women in the Arab World

Education of Arabs and Jews in Israel by Schooling Years

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

שנים

ודמ

לית

נוש

Arabs

Jews

Sch

oolin

g Y

ears

Education of Arabs in Israel by Schooling Years and Gender

10.5

11.2 11.2

9.7

10.9

11.1

9.69.79.89.91010.110.210.310.410.510.610.710.810.91111.111.211.3

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

שנים

ודמ

לית

נוש

Male

Female

Middle Class of Arabs and Jews in Israel: Evolution by Years )%(

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008שנים

םזי

חוא

Arabs

Jews

  Arabs Jews

2006 14.4 32

2000 13.3 32.3

1997 20 30.2

1994 20 30.1

Why most Arab women are not employed?

אחוזים הגורם

Lack of jobs 57.5

Traditional society and status of women

29.2

Human capital 23.6

Accessibility to markets 6.1

Willingness to Work among Unemployed Arab Women)%(

Willingness %

YES: Willing to Work Immediately 43

NO: Not Willing to Work 57

100%

Poverty: Socio-Economic Levels in the Galilee by Ethnic Group

Industrial Areas in the Galilee by Ethnic Group

Industrial Areas in the Galilee by Ethnic Group

Industrial Areas in the Galilee by Ethnic Group