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Saudi Arabia - Commission for
Promotion of Virtue & Prevention of Vice
Warning that Women Job Interviews
Must Have Male Guardian Present
22 April 2009
HAIL
- The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, known as
the Hai'a, has warned private businesses in Hail against interviewing female
job applicants without a male guardian (or Mahram) being physically present.
A newly established company in Hail said that all its
interviews of female applicants for jobs in debt collection and marketing were
done last week in the presence of the male guardians, brothers or fathers of
the women, and Hai'a officers.
The company did not allow women to enter the premises without
a male guardian, said a spokesman of the company.
The interviews were conducted in preparation to open a
women-only section so as to support the cause of creating jobs for women, the
spokesman said.
However, he added that the Hai'a advised the company to
deploy female interviewers in the future.
By Miteb Al-Awad
© The Saudi Gazette 2009
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