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Yemen's quota: Success for international community or Yemeni Women?

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On September 15, Yemeni President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi wrote his first-ever op-ed in hopes of reassuring the Yemeni people of the current political transition’s progress. The article, published in the Yemen Times and available only in English, highlights the role of women during the transition and praises the status of women in Yemen.

On September 15, Yemeni President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi wrote his first-ever op-ed in hopes of reassuring the Yemeni people of the current political transition’s progress. The article, published in the Yemen Times and available only in English, highlights the role of women during the transition and praises the status of women in Yemen.

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The Politics of peace and Women's role in it

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The Politics of peace and Women's role in it

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Whenever she's asked why she chose to study something as terrible as war, Joana Cook's response is always the same: Peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be achieved by understanding.

Cook's PhD research - Increasing women's political representation: A new approach to developing security policy in Mali and Yemen - explores the unique and positive role that women in politics can play in addressing critical human security issues.

Whenever she's asked why she chose to study something as terrible as war, Joana Cook's response is always the same: Peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be achieved by understanding.

Cook's PhD research - Increasing women's political representation: A new approach to developing security policy in Mali and Yemen - explores the unique and positive role that women in politics can play in addressing critical human security issues.

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Yemen women divided over rights fight

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Yemen women divided over rights fight

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Before Yemen's unification and the bloody civil war that followed, women in the southern port city of Aden say they were educated professionals with rights not experienced by those in the conservative north. Yemen's unification in 1990 curbed those rights.

Before Yemen's unification and the bloody civil war that followed, women in the southern port city of Aden say they were educated professionals with rights not experienced by those in the conservative north. Yemen's unification in 1990 curbed those rights.

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Women and Media in Yemen

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Women and Media in Yemen

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The image of women and their activism is negatively portrayed in the Yemeni media, while their success stories are hidden from the society.
The academics and civil society activists in Yemen voice their concerns in the artcile Media Experts Debate on Media Role and Women published by News Yemen agency.

The image of women and their activism is negatively portrayed in the Yemeni media, while their success stories are hidden from the society.
The academics and civil society activists in Yemen voice their concerns in the artcile Media Experts Debate on Media Role and Women published by News Yemen agency.

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Yemeni Women Sign Up To Fight Terror

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Yemeni Women Sign Up To Fight Terror

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Thirteen Yemeni women will follow their male colleagues on house raids and search any women they encounter.
For more information, please visit http://news.bbc.co.uk

Thirteen Yemeni women will follow their male colleagues on house raids and search any women they encounter.
For more information, please visit http://news.bbc.co.uk

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Female Leadership Ignored In Muslim Countries

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Female Leadership Ignored In Muslim Countries

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In a study on “Understanding Leadership in Muslim Countries,” the American School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont examined Yemen and five other Muslim countries to evaluate how Islamic communities understand leadership for both males and females, with a focus on the latter.
To read the full article, visit the Yemen Times Website.

In a study on “Understanding Leadership in Muslim Countries,” the American School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont examined Yemen and five other Muslim countries to evaluate how Islamic communities understand leadership for both males and females, with a focus on the latter.
To read the full article, visit the Yemen Times Website.

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Yemen: Quota: A Key Step to Enhance Women’s Political Participation

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Yemen: Quota: A Key Step to Enhance Women’s Political Participation

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At this point, it has been made clear that Yemeni women wouldn’t succeed in their political participation as candidates unless there is a constitution or law ensuring their suffrage to stand in the elections as candidates, like the way they were ensured the right to vote.
To read the full article, please visit Yemen Times .

At this point, it has been made clear that Yemeni women wouldn’t succeed in their political participation as candidates unless there is a constitution or law ensuring their suffrage to stand in the elections as candidates, like the way they were ensured the right to vote.
To read the full article, please visit Yemen Times .

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Yemen: Yemeni Women Call for the Implementation of Quota in the Upcoming Parliamentary Elections

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Yemen: Yemeni Women Call for the Implementation of Quota in the Upcoming Parliamentary Elections

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Yemen Women Union organized today, in collaboration with Club of Madrid, a symposium on Strengthening Yemeni Women's Political Participation. During the symposium, a wide spectrum of issues were discussed including means of further activation of women political participation and the various difficulties and components restricting the efficient role that women can play in the political life as well as necessary ways of addressing those restrains.
To read the full article, please visit the Yemen Online's Website.

Yemen Women Union organized today, in collaboration with Club of Madrid, a symposium on Strengthening Yemeni Women's Political Participation. During the symposium, a wide spectrum of issues were discussed including means of further activation of women political participation and the various difficulties and components restricting the efficient role that women can play in the political life as well as necessary ways of addressing those restrains.
To read the full article, please visit the Yemen Online's Website.

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