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Nada Al-Ahdal (Arabic: ندى الأهدل; born March 3, 2003) is a human rights activist and resident of Yemen known for escaping two different child marriage pacts her parents had made for her. In 2013, al-Ahdal posted a YouTube video decrying child marriage and her being forced into marriage contracts, which quickly went viral and prompted ...
Amatalrauf "Raufa Hassan" al-Sharki (Arabic: رؤوفة حسن; 1958 – April 27, 2011) was an educator, feminist [1] and human rights activist from Yemen.She was a professor of mass media and the director of a Women's Studies Center at the University of Sana'a. [2]
During the protests, Karman was part of a large number of women activists—up to 30 percent of the protestors—demanding change in Yemen. [56] On 16 October, government snipers in Taiz shot and killed Aziza Othman Kaleb , CNN reported she was the first woman to have been killed during the Yemen protests but could not verify this claim. [ 57 ]
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]
Pages in category "Yemeni women's rights activists" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Hind Al-Eryani (Arabic: هند الإرياني) is a Yemeni activist and journalist. She advocates for women's rights, LGBTQ+ including gender minorities, [1] and peace in Yemen, and has written many articles in support of the topics. [2] [3] [4] She has also fought against khat, a drug-like substance. [2]
Muna Luqman is a Yemeni activist, peace builder, founder of the organization Food4Humanity and co-founder of the Women in Solidarity Network.. Luqman's career includes social work in the areas of health care, water projects and demining with the Adventist Development and Relief Agency.
Nujood Ali (Arabic: نجود علي, born 1998) is a central figure in Yemen's movement against forced marriage and child marriage.At the age of ten, she obtained a divorce, breaking with the tribal tradition.