Yemen

Yemen: Government body moves to stem female genital mutilation

The Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood (SCMC), a government body, has drawn up a national action plan to end the practice of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Yemen.

Mise à jour: Yemen: Nojoud veut retourner à l'école primaire, après son divorce qu'elle vient d'obtenir

Noyoud avait été mariée de force à un homme de 30 ans.

UPDATE: Yemen: 8 year old girl awarded annullment of marriage

After taking her own case to court, eight-year-old Nojoud has been granted an annullment of a marriage she was forced into with a man in his 20s.

Yemen: Nojoud Nasser, 8 ans, demande le divorce

L’enfant demande aussi le divorce pour abus sexuel et violences domestiques.

Yemen: 8-year-old girl asks for divorce in court

An eight-year-old girl decided last week to go the Sana’a West Court to prosecute her father, who forced her to marry a 30-year-old man.

Yemen: Gender gap in education among the highest in the world

''Non-availability of female teachers is a major factor often cited by parents for keeping girls away from school.''

Yemen: CEDAW Shadow Report highlights persisting discriminative laws

The Shadow Report was initiated and coordinated by the Sisters Arab Forums for Human Rights (SAF) and sponsored by the UNDP.

Yemen: A regional consultative meeting on Violence Against Women to be held this week

The capital city of Sana'a will host a meeting on violence against women on Wednesday, with representatives attending from Egypt, Sudan, Djibouti and Oman.

Yemen: Yemeni Parliament approves the ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

A letter from WLUML contacts welcomes the inclusion of Yemen as the fourth member country of the Arab League to the ICC.

Yémen: Le parlement yéménite a approuvé la ratification du Statut de Rome de la CPI.

"Avec ce vote historique, le Yémen peut officiellement déposer son instrument de ratification et devenir ainsi le 105ème Etat partie à la CPI et le quatrième Etat membre de la Ligue arabe à rejoindre la Cour."