Yemen: Information on the status of professional women in Yemen since the end of the civil war in 1994
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | YEM20683.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Yemen: Information on the status of professional women in Yemen since the end of the civil war in 1994, 1 June 1995, YEM20683.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab6110.html [accessed 30 May 2023] |
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The current Yemeni Minister for Education, Ali El Koubati, has abolished coeducation in schools and universities in the southern provinces and has recommended that female students and teachers dress "properly" (Le Monde Diplomatique May 1995). In an interview, the Deputy Prime Minister, Abdul-Wahab Al-Ansi, denied that "his party poses any threat to women's freedom" and said that "it welcomed women workers" (Reuters 28 July 1994). However, the Deputy Prime Minister was also quoted as stating "but women are employed by the government because they complain less. They are manipulated" and he added that they "should only work if the occupation was appropriate" (ibid.) The attached article from World Press Review states that "female singers are afraid to perform in public" (3 Nov. 1994).
For more information on the status of professional women in Yemen before and after the end of the civil war in 1994, please refer to pages 1197-1198 of Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1994, as well as to the attached articles.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
Le Monde Diplomatique [Paris]. May 1995. Eric Rouleau. "Mise à l'écart des socialistes, rétrécissement de la démocratie: Grignotage islamiste au Yemen."
Reuters. 28 July 1994. BC Cycle. Dominic Evans. "Aden's Women Fear Loss of Rights After Civil War." (NEXIS)
World Press Review. 3 November 1994. "Yemen: Now, Religious Wars," DIRB Country File: Yemen.
Attachments
Inter Press Service (IPS). 7 October 1994. Cherif Cordahi. "Yemen-Politics: New Government Likely to Favor Strict Laws." (NEXIS)
Ladin, Sharon. December 1992. 1993 IWRAW to CEDAW Country Reports on Bangladesh, Guyana, Kenya, Madagascar, Romania, Sweden, France, Iraq, Korea Nicaragua, Rwanda, Yemen. Minneapolis. Min.: Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and International Women's Rights Action Watch, (IWRAW)\WPPD publications, pp. 38-41.
Middle East Report [Washington, DC]. November/December 1991. Vol. 21, No. 6. Sheila Carapico. "Women and Public Participation in Yemen," p. 15.
Le Monde Diplomatique [Paris]. Mai 1995. Eric Rouleau. "Mise à l'écart des socialistes, rétrécissement de la démocratie: Grignotage islamiste au Yemen," pp. 4-5.
Radio Monte Carlo [Paris, in Arabic] 2 October 1994. "Coeducation in South Yemen Abolished; Press Censored." (FBIS-NES-94-191 3 Oct. 1994, p.29)
Reuters. 28 July 1994. BC Cycle. Dominic Evans. "Aden's Women Fear Loss of Rights After Civil War." (NEXIS)
World Press Review. 3 November 1994. "Yemen: Now, Religious Wars," DIRB Country File: Yemen.
