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Saudi shuts male-staffed lingerie shops
[Al Ahram] Soddy Arabia...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in their national face... 's labour ministry has ordered the closure of around 100 lingerie shops in the capital for having men on their sales staff, a newspaper said on Sunday. Al-Eqtisadiah quoted a ministry official as saying all shops in Riyadh which violate a decree on the "feminisation and nationalisation of jobs" would be shut down. The measure aims to "provide a safe environment for working women," he said. The ministry at the start of the year banned male assistants from working at lingerie shops, as a first step to be followed by women-only sales assistants at cosmetics outlets. King Abdullah issued a decree in June 2011 limiting work for females at lingerie shops to Saudi women only in a bid to reduce high female unemployment in the conservative kingdom. Unemployment among women in the oil-rich state is estimated at 30 per cent. Posted by: Fred 2012-09-17 |
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