Parties to the conflict in Yemen, including the Houthis, the Yemeni government, and the Southern Transitional Council (STC), are systematically violating women’s right to freedom of movement.

Forces linked with the and the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC), which governs the southern Yemen city of Aden, seized an independent women’s shelter on May 26, 2024.

An Indian nurse convicted of murdering her Yemeni business partner is slated to be executed on 16 July, according to a ...

12/08/2022 December 8, 2022. In parts of Yemen, Houthi rebels have enforced a decree that allows women to travel only if accompanied by a male relative. The move is seen by many as a major setback ...

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti has appealed to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to intervene in the case of Nimisha Priya, an ...

Until up to a year ago, most Yemen women were largely invisible on the political scene, preferring to remain in the shadows, away from a world decidedly dominated by men. As a traditional Muslim ...

Women and a boy wait for a foodstuff assistance vouchers at an aid distribution center in Sanaa, Yemen January 25, 2021. Picture taken January 25, 2021.

Back to homepage / Live news Yemen's women chafe under tightening Huthi restrictions. Dubai (AFP) – Yemeni student Abir al-Maqtari dreamt of studying abroad but amid a tightening of restrictions ...

Ramzia Al-Eryani, head of the Yemeni Women’s Union, said there are 3,500 recorded cases of HIV in Yemen, split as 34 percent women and 66 percent men. ...

Yemeni student Abir al-Maqtari dreamt of studying abroad but amid a tightening of restrictions on women echoing religious regimes in Iran and Afghanistan, Huthi forces blocked her from leaving.The ...