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In modern day Yemen, women are subject to tribal and patriarchal traditions that keep them from advancing. Combined with illiteracy and poverty, this has led to women in Yemen being deprived of their rights as citizens. Due to the ongoing armed conflict in Yemen since the end of March 2015, Yemen is undergoing a humanitarian crisis worldwide ...
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.
In 2013, then at age 10, al-Ahdal uploaded a 2.5 minute video to YouTube which quickly went viral. In the video, al-Ahdal accused her parents of trying to get her married in exchange for money. [6] The video was released with al-Ahdal speaking Arabic, but a YouTube user translated the video and uploaded it to YouTube with English captions.
The Yemeni Women's Union (YWU; Arabic: اتحاد نساء اليمن, romanized: Ittiḥād Nisāʼ al-Yaman) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in 1990. Its purpose is to promote women's civil rights and to empower women in Yemen. The current chairperson of the Yemeni Women's Union is Fathiye Abdullah. [1]
British attacks in Yemen and airspace violation of Federation of South Arabia: 243: 12 December 1967 Unanimous Admission of Democratic Yemen: 924: 1 June 1994 Unanimous 1994 civil war in Yemen: 931: 29 June 1994 Unanimous 1994 civil war in Yemen: 2014: 21 October 2011 Unanimous The situation in Yemen 2051: 12 June 2012 Unanimous The situation ...
Joint British-U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels killed at least 16 people and wounded 35 others, the rebels said Friday, the highest publicly acknowledged death toll from the ...
The United Nations alleged that the Saudi-led coalition had violated international humanitarian law [7] because the bombing was a 'double tap' attack, or a type of airstrike where the first bombing is followed by a second one soon after, with the aim of targeting the wounded, aid workers, and medical personnel tending to them. The UN report ...
Houthi rebels in Yemen used satellite data provided by Russia to target and attack commercial ships in the Red Sea, The Wall Street Journal reported. The outlet cited three unnamed sources ...