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Women in Yemen are supressed and forced to stay at home, resulting in them getting little to no education and not getting a job. Women also do not get a choice of whether they want to get a job or stay at home they are forced by men in their society. Although, the Human Rights Watch is looking to change these gender inequalities.

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With a female literacy rate of 35 percent, a female to male income ratio of 30:100, and ranked 134 globally in education attainment for women, Yemen has been deemed the worst place to live as a woman. Women in Yemen have minimal rights to education, marriage, health care, and they are denied many basic human rights.

Yemeni women are convinced to stay at home instead of getting an education or a job, and, therefore, they have little to no opportunity to gain their own freedom or economic status. Many women do not even have identification cards or voter status.

However, even if Yemeni women were not convinced to stay at home, their rights are so repressed by the males in their society that there is no way for them to gain their own freedom with their current country laws.

Forty-eight percent of women in Yemen are married by the time they are 18, and many of these marriages have brides as young as eight years old. Yemeni women are not allowed to marry without the permission of their male guardians. Within their marriages, Yemeni women do not have equal rights to custody, divorce or inheritance, and require a husband or father's permission and to travel or get a passport.

Women in Yemen also suffer from poor health care. Since they are seen as unequal to their male counterparts women are denied many health care rights which results in many pregnancy complications. As of May 2008, one in 39 women in Yemen dies in childbirth.

However, the Human Rights Watch is campaigning to change these living conditions. The Human Rights Watch sent in a letter to the head of the Rights and Freedom Working Group in hopes of alerting them to the situation. The Rights and Freedom Working Group is responsible for all human rights, and the goal of the letter was to get them to recommend a list of changes to apply to the current Yemen constitution regarding women's rights.

The Human Rights Watch believes that gender based discrimination and gender based violence need to be more recognized, and changes need to be made to the Constitution of Yemen to direct authorities to prevent these things. The organization is also campaigning to get all provisions that discriminate against women removed, as well as granting women equal rights within marriages, and setting a minimal age for marriage at age 18.

Plans for public awareness campaigns are also being planned by the Human Rights Watch, and their goal is to bring social awareness to the injustice in Yemen, as well as support for Yemeni women to become leaders. Yemen's current share of women in Assembly of Representatives is less than 1 percent, making it one of the lowest globally.

Women deserve to have equal human rights globally, and the lack of rights in Yemen is a matter that needs to be recognized and solved.

- Olivia Hadreas

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Women in Yemen: Worst Place to Live as a Woman - The Borgen Project

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With a female literacy rate of 35 percent, a female to male income ratio of 30:100, and ranked 134 globally in education attainment for women, Yemen has been deemed the worst place to live as a woman. Women in Yemen have minimal rights to education, marriage, health care, and they are denied many basic human rights.

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Yemen was originally two different counties that split due to conflict which caused them to have different influences. The north was under Zaidi theocratic rule and the south was under British rule. The country reunited and this is when ethnic tension began.  Zaidi Shi’ism predominates in the northern highlands, alongside a small Isma’ili minority; Sunnis form the majority elsewhere. But the rise of political Islam has caused conflict between the two groups.

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Yemeni music style has originated from American hip hop and rap and was influenced because of Americas music style. Because of this Yemen rap and hip hop has been created.

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1. A majority of the people in Yemen speak Arabic.
2. The language family for Arabic is Afro-Asiatic, the language branch is Semitic, and the language group is Arabic.

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The sacred Islamic text is the Quran. To Muslims the Quran is a revelation from God. Muslims regard the Quran as the most important miracle of Muhammad.

Islamic architecture has unique characteristics like its geometric and interlace patterned ornaments. Some islamic architecture types include the Mosque, the Tomb, the Palace and the Fort.

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1. A majority of people in Yemen belong to Islam or Muslim religion which diffused to Yemen in 630 AD during the rule of the Persians.
2. Islam is a universalizing religion and it is the second largest universalizing religion with over 1.5 billion adherents.
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Monotheism is the belief in a single god, while polytheism is the belief of multiple gods. Islam believes in God and complete submission to only God. Because they only believe in one god, Islam is a monotheistic religion.

Muslims believe in God who revealed himself to Muhammad the prophet. They must submit to the will of Allah by following the Five Pillars of Islam. If they follow these rules they will be rewarded by going to Heaven.

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1. The top two ethnicities in Yemen are Arab and Afro-arab. Arabs originate in the Middle East and mainly speak arabic. They also practice the Islam religion. Afro-arabs originate in Africa and also speak arabic. They practice the Islamic religion.

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An example of popular culture in Yemen is the diffusion of western style clothing. For example, men often often wear suits, shirts, and T-shirts

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1. In Yemen, because of the strict religious traditions, women mainly stay at home. This results in women getting little to no education, so they cannot become involved in politics and businesses.

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A common folk culture practice in Yemen that has been practiced for thousands of years is the Yemeni folk dance which consists of different dances. For example "Al-Mazat" and "Al zzar" and a pipe made of the pipes of corn and drums are used to create music.

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Another example of folk culture is the traditional clothing men are required to where at weddings. The clothing consists of white thoobs, turbans, and jambiya.