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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.
Yemeni women's rights activists (16 P) Pages in category "Yemeni human rights activists" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Amal Basha (Arabic: أمل الباشا, born November 19, 1962) is a Yemeni women's rights activist, chair of the Sisters' Arab Forum for Human Rights (SAF). As the chair of SAF, she "defends the rights of women, prisoners and refugees, and fights for more political freedoms." [1]
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]
Category: Women's rights in Yemen. 5 languages. ... Yemeni women's rights activists (16 P) F. Feminism in Yemen (1 C) V. Violence against women in Yemen (1 C, 6 P) W.
Yemeni Women's Association (YWA) was a women's organization in North Yemen. Founded in 1965, as part of the emergence of the women's movement in North Yemen, it merged in 1990 with South Yemen's General Union of Yemeni Women (established 1968) to form the Yemeni Women's Union.
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.
Hooria Mashhour (Arabic: حورية مشهور أحمد; born 1954) is a Yemeni human rights and women's rights activist. [1] She held the position of Minister of Human Rights in post-revolution Yemen, starting in 2012. Due to safety concerns, she left the position in 2014, moving to Aden.