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On the other hand, women played major roles in Yemeni society in earlier times. Some women of pre-Islamic and early Islamic Yemen held elite status. The Queen of Sheba has been hailed as a "source of pride for the Yemeni nation". [5] In addition, Queen Arwa has been noted for building up the country and promoting greater prosperity under her ...
The committee has branches in all the governorates of the Yemen, and each governorate selects its own female coordinator. [2] These coordinators play a key role in identifying the challenges to women in their respective regions, which thereby allows the committee to develop policies based on regional needs as opposed to blanket nationwide programs.
In South Yemen the General Union of Yemeni Women (GUYW) was established in 1968, continuing the role of the Arab Women's Club and the Aden Women's Association before independence. [3] The project to merge these groups was supposed to take two months, but instead, it took nearly a year to merge into the Yemeni Women's Union. [15]
Human rights in Yemen are seen as problematic. The security forces have been responsible for torture, inhumane treatment and even extrajudicial executions. [1] In recent years there has been some improvement, with the government signing several international human rights treaties, and even appointing a woman, Dr. Wahiba Fara’a, to the role of Minister of the State of Human Rights.
General Union of Yemeni Women (GUYW) was a women's organization in South Yemen, founded in 1968. It belonged to the National Liberation Front (South Yemen) (NLF) during the regime of People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. The GUYW had its predecessor in the Adeni Women's Club, which started the women's movement in Yemen. When the People's ...
In 2000, Mashhour was the deputy of the Women's National Committee, a Yemeni government-funded semi-independent women's association. [2] She resigned in 2011 in order to take part in the revolution known as the Arab Spring. [3]
In the meeting of the founding committee, the party committed to the principles of the September revolution and Islamic law. It also stated to seek to create a balance between the different political poles of the country and supports points like a fast and independent justice system, reform of the ineffective administration, the promotion of the role of women in society and the fight against ...
Islam plays an important role in the views and laws made about abortion in Yemen. [3] In fact, “abortion is considered a violation of religious moral codes”. Islamic law deeply values children, saying that “children are the divine mercy and a natural human need,” and according to Islamic Sharia law , children (whether naturalized ...