Yemen

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.

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.

Thirteen Yemeni women will follow their male colleagues on house raids and search any women they encounter.
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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.

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 .

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.