Friday, April 08, 2011

Amnesty International Praises Yemeni Women Participating in Revolt

April 1, 2011 During recent Yemen protests, an increasing number of women have been taking part in recent protests in different cities including Sana’a, Ta’izz and Aden, and Amnesty International voices its support of women’s increased visibility in Yemen and women’s right to join in the calls for government reform. But Amnesty International remains concerned that many Yemeni women are treated as second-class citizens in law and tribal custom, including forced marriages, unequal protection under the law, and gender-targeted threats to their safety and security. Moreover, women in Yemen remain inadequately protected against domestic and other violence. Amnesty International calls for an end to discriminatory laws and violence against women in Yemen, and stands with the women in Yemen for full and equal access to their human rights. During this time of government protest, we especially highlight the need for women to have equal access to participate fully in government. Women should have full and equal rights and access to participation in Yemeni government and cultural life, and we call on the Yemen government to ensure women are represented equally and are granted equal protection under the law. Amnesty International continues to call on the Yemeni government to protect civilian protestors and ensure that the right to peaceful protest and freedom of assembly is protected for the men and women of Yemen. Sincerely, Tarah Demant, Women’s Human Rights Group, Amnesty International, USA Alireza Azizi, Yemen Country Specialist, Amnesty International, USA

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2 Comments:

At 9:08 AM, Anonymous Navarra Editore said...

Hi Hassan!

My name is Barbara, I'm working at Navarra Editore, a little, independent Italian publishing house. First I want to congratulate for your wonderful work in your blog. I'm a fan of yours! I'm contacting you in order to ask for your help... Navarra Publishing House is planning to issue a book on the Arab revolutions. The idea is to explain the Arab uprisings to the Italian readers directly in the words of the people who made it, and in order to do so, we would like to collect in a book the contributions of everybody who wants to share his story or his feelings, and specially bloggers from all over the Arab countries.
Since I love your blog, I would be very glad to include your contribution in the book...
If you don't want to write or send something from your blog, you also can help spreading the link or asking your friends (or other bloggers) if somebody would like to take part in the project. Here you can find all the infos about the project:
http://voicesfromthearabspring.wordpress.com
I thank you in advance for every kind of help!
Best wishes,
Barbara

 
At 9:51 PM, Blogger Hassan (Yemen) said...

Hi Barbara: I am honored to be of any help I can provide, any time. Thank you for the undeserved acclaim of my modest effort. I will give you further details by email and I will advise some of my colleagues of your request.

All the best
Hassan

 

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