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BY NY Staff Yemeni activist and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakul Karman has announced her willingness to help and support wounded protesters and the families of slain protesters through the donation of the cash portion of her Nobel Prize … Continue reading →

By NY Staff The Yemeni Council of Ministers has prohibited the importing and trading of organic materials mentioned in the Stockholm Convention, which the Yemen government ratified in 2004. The decision was made in to protect the environment and people’s … Continue reading →

By: Bushra Al-Ameri Tofolati (‘My Childhood’) and Janati (“My Paradise”), Yamnat organizations for women’s and children’s development, held a symposium entitled “The Rights of the Yemeni Child, Between Theory and Implementation” in Sana’a last Tuesday. The symposium was held on … Continue reading →

By: Asma Al-Mohattwari The United Nations Development Program’s (UNDP) Youth Economic Empowerment Project recently held a workshop focused on ‘Participatory Market Needs and Training Needs Assessment’ in Sana’a, Aden and Taiz Governorates. Kawkab al-Thaibani, a Youth Empowerment Project Communications/Advocacy National … Continue reading →

Press release Sana’a, Yemen: One 18 November, UNHCR’s Representative in Yemen, Naveed Hussain handed over three Toyota Land Cruisers to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Ali Muthana, Director General of the Bureau for Refugee Affairs Colonel El Ozeir … Continue reading →

The UN refugee agency has helped more than 80,000 internally displaced Yemenis return to their homes in the south of their country, the first significant fall in the number of displaced in the area since fighting erupted 18 months ago. … Continue reading →

A documentary film, “Prisoners on the Edge of Loss,” created by a number of students at Sana’a University, was premiered last week in Sana’a. The film discussed the suffering of female prisoners inside Yemeni prisons and how they are dealt … Continue reading →

BY NY Staff The budget of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation in Yemen in 2013 will be the highest among the Committee’s approved budgets worldwide, head of the ICRC delegation in Yemen said Saturday. During his … Continue reading →

By Jihan Anwer Najat was diagnosed with cancer when she was 16. A tumor first affected her arm, at which point she was told by doctors that it would need to be amputated if she was to live. Deciding between … Continue reading →