Dubai Women Could Benefit Economically Post Pandemic

Research has ranked Dubai as fifth among 100 cities in world where women could have best economic and employment opportunities through and post-COVID-19.

- Mariecar Jara-Puyod

A research has ranked Dubai as fifth among 100 cities in the world where women could have the best economic and employment opportunities through and Post-COVID19.

The research was from the UK-based FutureLearn of The Open University and Seek Group career portal, and which is into the creation of attractive and enjoyable access to wide-ranging short online courses to post-graduate degrees.

The 100 cities were chosen based on evidence-based data regarding Pre-COVID19 economic, educational and aspirational opportunities, gross domestic product growth rate, and birthing of start-ups that demonstrate openness to innovation. Additionally, as the study had been set up in late 2019 but was trapped through COVID19, the 100 were also selected in accordance to the “pandemic’s impact on the job market (which were then) compared with latest unemployment rate versus the projected unemployment rate according to the International Monetary Fund,” the response of (governments to the global crisis) in terms of support to businesses, and plans for ailing companies.