The Abductees’ Mothers Association in Ma’rib Governorate held a human rights workshop entitled “Involving Women in Decision-Making and Peacebuilding in Yemen” on December 16, 2023.
During the human rights workshop, the Association presented four workshop themes, the first was entitled “International Resolutions, Local Legislation, and National Steps to Support and Assist in Involving Women,” presented by lawyer Nazmia Qassem, in which she pointed out that women are considered one of the elements that constitute a great role in society, and the involvement of women. Political work is a legitimate human rights demand for many women in Yemen.
While the second axis of the human rights workshop dealt with “Assessing women’s participation in decision-making and peacebuilding,” it was presented by the director of the office of AMA Association in Ma’rib, “Sabah Hamid,” where she considered assessing the role of women and their participation in decision-making to be absent, and stressed the importance of standing alongside women and their participation in all fields.
The third axis was entitled “Challenges and Obstacles Facing Women’s Participation,” presented by Mis. Amal Dahwan, who pointed out the most important obstacles that hinder women’s participation and involvement in the peacebuilding process, in addition to the political, social, and economic obstacles.
Lawyer Olfat Al-Rifai also emphasized in the fourth axis, which was titled “Strengths in Involving Women,” that strengthening the efforts made for women to participate in the peace process and resolving existing conflicts is still weak, as a result of weak educational and training outcomes on legal and political issues.
The human rights workshop was attended by women leaders, human rights activists, heads of civil society organizations, academics, and female employees in government agencies and security agencies.
The workshop produced a number of outcomes, the most important of which are: 1. Training and qualifying women’s cadres in the political and legal fields. 2. Enhancing the role and participation of women, implementing laws related to women, and working to advocate for social issues. 3. Paying attention to women’s education and activating Resolution” 1325″ 4. Empowering women economically and politically and preventing gender -based violence.
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