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Violence Grows Against Women and Children in Economic Deprivation of Yemen's
War

Dale Gavlak

   AMMAN, JORDAN - A recent study has revealed an increase in violence
   against women and children resulting from the conflict in Yemen.
   Research by the Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies shows women and
   girls in Yemen have been affected by rape, kidnapping and domestic
   violence, while boys face sexual violence and are forced to work.
   Yemen's nearly five-year conflict is having disastrous consequences on
   its civilian population, according to the recent study, "A Gendered
   Crisis: Understanding Experiences of Yemen's War."
   The qualitative research involving some 90 focus group discussions
   across Yemen's political and socioeconomic classes found that
   unemployment has undermined men's traditional role as breadwinner,
   driving many to seek a salary by fighting on the front lines. Rising
   poverty has left parents unable to educate their children. The middle
   class has slipped into poverty and the poor into destitution.
   

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