![ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - AUG 22:
Alya al Matrooshi, lawyer at Etihad.
Etihad Aviation Group celebrated Emirati Women’s Day 2017 by organizing a panel under the title: “Emirati Women Partners In Giving – Between the Past and Present”, which featured several successful female Emirati Etihad staff who work across the spectrum of our operations, including engineering, legal, flight and airport operations.
(Photo by Reem Mohammed/The National)
Reporter: RAMOLA TALWAR
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Alya al Matrooshi, lawyer with Etihad Airways' legal team, was told women were too emotional to be lawyers. Reem Mohammed / The National
Alya al Matrooshi, lawyer with Etihad Airways' legal team, was told women were too emotional to be lawyers. Reem Mohammed / The National
Emirati Women's Day: lawyer told women 'too emotional' for legal profession
Alya Al Matrooshi was not put off by entering a male-dominated profession as she 'wanted to shine'