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Male guardianship rules in north Yemen restrict women’s aid work

FILE PHOTO: Women and a boy wait for a foodstuff assistance vouchers at an aid distribution center in Sanaa, Yemen January 25, 2021. Picture taken January 25, 2021. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Female aid workers in north Yemen cannot do their jobs tackling one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises as tightening male guardianship rules by Houthi authorities restrict their movement, nine female humanitarians told Reuters. When women refuse to take a guardian, they cannot travel to oversee aid projects, collect data […]