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EXPLAINER: Status of women in Qatar, host of World Cup

FILE - Qatari families meet during a cultural event at the Msheireb district in Doha, Qatar, May 6, 2018. The foreign fans descending on Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup will find a country where women work, hold public office and cruise in their supercars along the city's palm-lined corniche. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File) FILE - A woman passes by fashion outfit at the Al Hazm luxury mall, in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, April 24, 2019. The foreign fans descending on Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup will find a country where women work, hold public office and cruise in their supercars along the city's palm-lined corniche. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File) FILE - Pope Francis and Qatar's Sheikha Moza bint Nasser exchange gifts during a private audience at the Vatican, Saturday, June 4, 2016. The foreign fans descending on Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup will find a country where women work, hold public office and cruise in their supercars along the city's palm-lined corniche. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File) FILE - Sam Kendricks, of the United States, makes a clearance in the men's pole vault final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup but soccer isn't the only sport played in the Gulf Arab country. From traditional pursuits to worldwide competitions, Qatar increasingly has marketed itself as a host for sports of all sorts. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File) FILE - Sheikha Moza bint Nasser al-Missned, wife of Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, waves to the crowds as she arrives to Doha, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 coming from Zurich following the official announcement that Qatar will host the 2022 Soccer World Cup. The foreign fans descending on Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup will find a country where women work, hold public office and cruise in their supercars along the city's palm-lined corniche. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal, File) FILE - Qatari women vote in legislative elections in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. The foreign fans descending on Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup will find a country where women work, hold public office and cruise in their supercars along the city's palm-lined corniche. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed, File) FILE- Qatari women and a man walk in front of the city skyline in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, April 7, 2012. The foreign fans descending on Doha for the 2022 FIFA World Cup will find a country where women work, hold public office and cruise in their supercars along the city's palm-lined corniche. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)