Women's forum: 80% of Arab women are not employed

By JPOST.COM STAFF
The Women's Forum for Fair Budget revealed on Sunday that approximately 80 percent of Arab women do not work. The data further show that their participation in the executive boards of government offices is less than 1%, as compared to 33% for Jewish women. The report indicated that there were three times as many poor families in the Arab sector than in the Jewish one, Israel Radio reported.