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 A female Yemeni doctor examines an infant | |
| General Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Maternal mortality (per 100,000) | 164 (2017) |
| Women in parliament | 1.0% (2019) |
| Women over 25 with secondary education | 19.9% (2017) |
| Women in labour force | 5.8% (2019) |
| Gender Inequality Index[1] | |
| Value | 0.820 (2021) |
| Rank | 170th out of 191 |
| Global Gender Gap Index[2] | |
| Value | 0.492 (2021) |
| Rank | 155th out of 156 |
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Women in Yemen have historically been placed at a disadvantage due to their gender, with a highly patriarchal society.[3] Although the government of Yemen has made efforts that will improve the rights of women in Yemen (including the formation of a Women's Development Strategy and a Women Health Development Strategy),[4] many cultural and religious norms, along with poor enforcement of this legislation from the Yemeni government, have prevented Yemeni women from having equal rights to men.
In 2017, Yemeni women do not hold many economic, social or cultural rights. While suffrage was gained in 1967 and constitutional and legal protection was extended to women during the first years of Yemen unity between 1990–1994, they continue to struggle "in exercising their full political and civil rights".[5] History shows that women have played major roles in Yemeni society. Some women of pre-Islamic and early Islamic Yemen held elite status in society. The Queen of Sheba, for example, "is a source of pride for the Yemeni nation".[5] In addition, Queen Arwa has been noted for her attention to infrastructure, which added to a documented time of prosperity under her rule.[5] Modern day women of Yemen, however, are subject to a society that reflects largely agrarian, tribal, and patriarchal traditions. This, combined with illiteracy and economic issues has led women to continuously be deprived of their rights as citizens of Yemen.
Due to the ongoing armed conflict in Yemen since the end of March 2015, Yemen is undergoing a humanitarian crisis worldwide. The conflict has brought numerous accusations of violations and abuses of international human rights law and violations of international humanitarian law. The events have been brutal, and have had cruel consequences on all civilians, but especially on the lives of women and young girls. Due to the tension and chaos of the crisis, combined with the deep-rooted gender inequality, conditions for women and girls in Yemen are deteriorating as the conflict drags on. Women and girls have been left vulnerable to inhumane violence, physical and psychological abuse and exploitation.[6]
- ^ "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "Global Gender Gap Report 2021" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ Lackner, Helen. P.D.R.Yemen: Outpost of Socialist Development in Arabia, pp. 114.
- ^ "Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women" (PDF). United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 13 March 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
- ^ a b c Basha, Amal. “Yemen.” In Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Citizenship and Justice, edited by Sameena Nazir and Leigh Tomppert. Oxford: Freedom House, 2005.
- ^ Two year conflict in Yemen's takes heaviest toll on women and girls
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