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Today, many Yemeni activist women believe that Shari'a can be interpreted to further include women in the social, political, economic, and cultural life of the country. [19] Many of the discriminatory policies restrict familial rights of women. Women in Yemen cannot marry a non-Yemeni without approval from both her family and the state. [5]
More than 50,000 children in Yemen died from starvation during 2017. [1] [2] [3] [dubious – discuss] On 5 November 2017, the Saudi-led coalition began blocking all fuel shipments to Yemen, causing farmers to abandon modern equipment like tractors and forcing hospitals to function without generators. [70] [71]
In Yemen, women must obtain approval from a husband or father to get an exit visa to leave the country, and a woman may not take her children with her without their father's permission, regardless of whether or not the father has custody. [90] The ability of women to travel or move freely within Saudi Arabia is severely restricted.
An emaciated little girl lies motionless on a hospital bed and struggles to breathe. Hafsa Ahmed is about 2. About a dozen other children in the red-brick hospital in this southern Yemeni city are ...
The history of Yemeni theatre dates back at least a century, to the early 1900s. Both amateur and professional (government-sponsored) theatre troupes perform in the country's major urban centers.
Today, in Yemen, children born from mixed Akhdam and Yemeni parentage are called muwāldedīn, and are often still discriminated against in society. The social inequality of the Akhdam is also analysed by Anne Meneley from a gendered perspective.
Because of the current crisis in Yemen's economy, much of the population is also unemployed, which has led the country to have a lack of basic necessities including health and educational services. [4] The lack of proper healthcare resources in Yemen has affected women's reproductive health, including the safety of abortions as well. [4]
Cultural organizations based in Yemen (4 C) R. Yemeni records (2 P) Religion in Yemen (9 C, 4 P) Yemen researchers (1 C, 12 P) S. ... Pages in category "Culture of Yemen"