Social stigma limiting employment of local women in resort industry, report finds
12 Sep 2011, 7:54 PM
Eleanor Johnstone
A new study finds that Maldivian women are the least employed demographic in the resort industry, accounting for only three percent of the total eight percent of female workers at resorts in 2010. Local and foreign men constitute 92 percent of the industry.
Tourism directly accounts for 30 percent of the Maldives’ GDP, and for 70 percent indirectly.
The thesis, “Women in Tourism: Challenges of Including Women in the Maldivian Resort Sector” was prepared by Eva Alm and Susanna Johansson during their five-month stay in the Maldives in 2010.
According to their findings, “culture, religion, and women’s role in the family, the role of the family, safety, geographical spread, transportation, education and awareness” were the main factors preventing women from seeking resort employment.
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