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PostHeaderIcon Yemen’s Women: Out from the Shadows

May 9th, 2011 | Author: Nadya Khalife

  In the past, any mention of Yemen’s women in the news media has usually been about two issues, neither of them positive. The first is that they are more likely than most women in the Middle East to die in childbirth, and the second that they are among the least empowered women in the world.

Despite great risks to them in a sexist society, thousands of women have stood up to demonstrate against President Saleh

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Posted in Commentary, Domestic Violence, gender-based violence, Health, Middle East/N. Africa, Racism and Discrimination, Sexual Violence, Women & Girls, Women and Security, women demonstrators, women protestors, Women’s Status in the Family and Legal Status, women's legal status, Women's Rights, Yemen | Comments Closed

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