ARAB nations, including Bahrain, have rejected efforts by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to ‘redefine’ workers into categories that are alien to Islamic values and culture.
The Union of Arab Chambers (UAC) has rebuffed as ‘unacceptable’ attempts to include transgender, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, intersex and other spectrums of gender and sexuality (LGBTQI+) in the definition of workers .