AMMAN: Women constituted 45 per cent of the public sector workforce in the first quarter of 2015, but their representation in the senior-most positions stood at 7 per cent, according to an official study. Most of the women working in the public sector, who accounted for 92,522 out of 205,825 civil servants during the period in question, serve in the health and education ministries.
“Although women made up 48 per cent of the public workforce, the rate drops to 24 per cent if we exclude the health and education ministries,” Minister of Public Sector Development Khleef Al Khawaldeh said on Monday.
He made the remarks during a press conference to announce the findings of a study that analysed the status of women in institutions governed by the civil service system. Covering the Kingdom’s 103 public departments, the study took into account women’s job categories, titles, academic qualifications and demographic distributions.
