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Google fail: Mistranslation of legal terms leads to ‘major errors’

  • Hala Abdallah
  • April 20, 2021
A recent report shows how Google’s translation tool repeatedly mistranslates sensitive content, leading to a major misunderstanding of legal terms. Errors found in Google translate has contributed to a major…
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Qatar tackles gender equality in sports with new policy

  • Farah AlSharif
  • March 29, 2021
Qatar’s Olympic body announced on Sunday that it is set to undergo a comprehensive review to promote gender equality and progress in sports. The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) said it…
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Qatar’s gender gap is one of the largest in the world, new index says

  • Victoria Scott
  • March 17, 2017
The country ranked 117th out of 122 nations listed in business school INSEAD's Gender Progress Index 2017. This was due to a lack of female political involvement, as well as the low number of men pursuing higher education in Qatar.
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No changes coming to citizenship laws, Qatar tells UN

  • Peter Kovessy
  • September 21, 2014
During a recent session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Qatar turned down the suggestion made by several nations that it should extend citizenship to the children of Qatari mothers and non-Qatari fathers.
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The car courting ritual of Katara’s Shakespeare Street

  • Doha News Team
  • February 16, 2014
In Qatar’s gender-segregated society, young men and women have few chances to interact in person. Some choose to communicate with each other from the safety of their own vehicles.
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Report: Qatar ranks among top Arab countries for women’s rights

  • Victoria Scott
  • November 12, 2013
Qatar came behind fellow GCC countries Oman (2nd) and Kuwait (3rd), but was ahead of the UAE (10th), Bahrain (12th) and Saudi Arabia (20th).
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VIDEO: Qatari women highlight challenges in pursuing journalism careers

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • July 20, 2013
Traditional gender expectations and a general distrust of the media are among the top obstacles young female journalists face in Qatar, several local women told the Thomson Reuters Foundation while…
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Females banned from working in some Qatar boys’ schools

  • Doha News Team
  • January 17, 2013
Administrators at several boys’ schools across Qatar are struggling with a sudden directive to remove female personnel from these institutions, Al Watan reports. Under the order, which comes in the…
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QSA: Qatar population continues to grow in leaps and bounds

  • Doha News Team
  • July 8, 2012
Some 100,000 new people have started calling Qatar “home” since last July, nearly 70 percent of them men, according to new Qatar Statistics Authority figures. In that time period, the…
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