For professions and businesses in which women constitute a percentage of power in the teens, women can double and then re-double their numbers in just a few short years.

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She is passionate about being a mother, and about confronting the problems that working women face in making time for both their families and their professions.

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Ironically, as the Gulf becomes more liberal and increasing numbers of local women work in the professions or run their own businesses the potential for customers is likely to grow.

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The issue of lost women workers remains a delicate one for many companies, particularly in highly skilled professions, such as consulting or banking.

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Approximately 30% of women working in routine non-manual professions (largely sales reps and shopkeepers) voted for her in the first round of the presidential elections.

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