Head of Women’s Committee Urges Women to Seek Justice
NY: The head of the Women National Committee has encouraged the Yemeni women sector to continue seeking equality and justice in Yemeni community.
Equality between men and women is considered a basic condition to put into effect the development programs and operations and achieve justice and equality within its framework, said Rashida al-Hamdani.
Al-Hamdani said in an extended meeting on Saturday to launch the National Strategy for Women Development 2006-2015, called for removing discriminatory articles in laws, striving against all sort of violence against women and empowering them, economically, politically and socially, to have decision-making positions.
“When the Women National Committee asks for equality and justice it seeks rights guaranteed by Islam and the national constitution, said al-Hamdani.
She called for avoiding backwardness and bridging the gab bases on gender. She also called for involving the gender into the main executive policies and programs. “The Yemen woman is competent for trust so they should not be deprived from occupying high positions under weak pretext of cultures,” said al-Hamdani.
The National Strategy for Women Development 2006-212 was prepared by the Women National Committee in collaboration with the Untied Nations Fund for Population.
It focuses on poverty among women and their weak participation in managing economic and environmental resources in addition initiatives to avoid discrimination between both sexes and how to increase women’s participation in political life.
