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Shaming the women who work

In my opinion, much of Yemeni society still rejects women who work. Despite the great difficulties faced by working women in Yemen, however, they have been able to both contribute to the national economy and improve it in recent years. Statistics show…

Youth Participation by Hana’ Al Samawi

Our youth is being politically exploited

When examining the youth in the Middle East and their political involvement between the past and the present, we will find that in the Arab revolts against British and French rule of earlier decades, the youth had a prominent role in those…

Child Marriage by Nour Adil, Roudina Abdul-Kareem

Young girls in Iraq and Yemen risk being forced into marriage

Child marriage threatens the lives of young girls in Iraq and Yemen. The children dream of getting new coloring books and playing with their friends. They dream of completing their education and becoming community leaders. Instead these girls get imprisoned and shackled…

Child Marriage by Sarah Salam

Child marriage in Yemen: a continuing tragedy

Child marriage in Yemen continues to this day despite the fact that Yemen ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991, which defines child marriage as a marriage in which one or both parties are under the age of…

Podcast by Alexandra Sandels

Challenging the status quo

Episode 3: Journalist Alexandra Sandels reflects on the experiences of three women in the Arab region about their activism in favour of freedom and the pushback they receive from within their societies.

Podcast by Alexandra Sandels

Stopped at the checkpoint

Episode 1: Journalist Alexandra Sandels reflects on the experiences of four women in the Arab region of taboos associated with women and freedom.

Marital Rape by Roudina Abdul-Kareem

The long fight to criminalise marital rape

In Yemen, marital rape is still not considered a criminal offence. The crime of rape in our law does simply not include spousal rape. Article 489 of the Penal Code No. 148 of 1949 criminalises rape with the exception of the wife. …

Child Marriage by Buthaina Al Salwi

Child marriage: a problem in several Arab countries

The vast majority of child brides are vulnerable girls living under poor economic and social conditions.

Child Marriage by Buthaina Al Salwi, Muna Al Hilali

Childhood murder in the name of marriage

Suicide in Yemen and Iraq is linked to child marriage. Some girls tragically find suicide as a last resort to escape marriages they have been forced into.

Women & Work by Buthaina Al Salwi

The first girl in my tribe

In many areas across Yemen, it is still difficult for women to work. It can even be shameful to be a working woman, especially if the woman works in a mixed place or in a market. In my village, women only work…

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