Women are prevented from overseeing aid projects, collecting data and delivering health and other services unless they have a male companion
Female aid workers in north Yemen can’t do their jobs tackling one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises as tightening male guardianship rules by Houthi authorities restrict their movement, nine female humanitarians said.
She improvises with video calls, but knows other women have lost jobs because they cannot work effectively. Without female staff in the field, aid groups say they have trouble doing things as simple as identification checks on women, who may need to lift their face veils, to distribute food aid.requirements are making it even more challenging for humanitarian interventions to reach the most marginalised female programme participants,” said one representative of an NGO that works on nutrition and sanitation.
The Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah, follow the Zaydi sect of Shiite Islam and have increasingly promoted conservative social values — including what clothing may be worn — since ousting the government from the capital, Sanaa, in late 2014. “This smothering rule gives men power over women’s lives and is an unacceptable form of gender-based discrimination,” Amnesty International said.
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