 FUJAIRAH — Over two-thirds of the women serving term in Fujairah jails are well educated, and adultery topped the list of crimes committed by women, accounting for 50 per cent of the crimes followed by prostitution at 13.3 per cent.
These figures were revealed in a recent study conducted by Amina Mubarak Abduallah Al Dhahiri from the UAE University on 'Crimes of Women in the Emirate of Fujairah.' The study has identified poor upbringing, break-up of family or an insecure family environment where social imbalance is high and a low standard of education in the family as the factors that drive women to crime.
| 99% of them were committed by women who wanted to be in control of their own bodies ... |
Most of those convicted are young, under the age of 25, constituting 48 per cent of the total convictions. Divorced women in jail represent 40 per cent — the highest, the study said, while married women came second (33.3 per cent), single women 16.7 per cent, and widows 10 per cent. |