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Home no longer safe for Yemeni women
Incidents of domestic violence against women at the hands of family members are higher than violence outside the home, said a recent report.
- By Nasser Arrabyee, Correspondent
- Published: 00:01 September 15, 2008
- Image Credit: Adam Flinter/Gulf News
- 54.3 per cent of cases of violence against women in Yemen 2007 occurred at home, according to the report.
Sana'a: Incidents of domestic violence against women at the hands of family members are higher than violence outside the home, said a recent report.
About 54.3 per cent of cases of violence against women in 2007 occurred at home, said the report, which was issued by the High Council for Women, an organisation supported by the government.
The report revealed that the main reasons behind the increase were illiteracy, poverty and scant respect for the law.
About 35 women were raped, 13 of whom were juveniles, 33 women were about to be raped, 18 of whom were juveniles and of 36 women who were subjected to honour harassments, 10 were juveniles, the report said.
About 134 women were imprisoned on various charges during 2007 including 48 who were accused of committing adultery. Some 25 female prisoners were pregnant. Twenty-six babies were born in prison, and 47 children were accompanying their mothers in prisons.
Recommendations
The report recommended amendments of some laws to improve women's status and guarantee their rights and liberties.
Meanwhile, 84 women prisoners have appealed to President Ali Abdullah Saleh to end discrimination against them in courts and prisons.
They pleaded for help after being renounced by their families. "We are suffering discrimination and torture, and live in miserable conditions after our families renounced us and justice denied us," said the appeal to the president on the occasion of Ramadan.
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