Khabar Khair (Only Good News)

Within the protection and livelihood support project “Safe Space for Women and Girls,” funded by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), HUMAN ACCESS in Shabwa and Marib governorates carried out diverse activities designed to address the impact of Yemen’s crisis on women.

In the city of Ataq in Shabwa, the safe space conducted an awareness session on the importance of women’s personal rights, including their right to document the marriage contract. This awareness session comes as part of ongoing efforts to raise awareness of the rights of women and girls, ensure that they obtain their legitimate rights, and provide them with comprehensive protection.

In Marib, the safe space in Al-Mujamma area held community awareness sessions on gender-based violence as a global crisis and a human rights issue. It also organized psychological support sessions on psychological security in the presence of 25 women in the Minin camp for displaced people.

Additionally, visits to beneficiaries were also made in order to verify some of the targets for the upcoming year’s vocational rehabilitation. To encourage women to learn craft skills and provide them with safe work opportunities, a focus group discussion about market analysis and professional inclinations of female applicants for vocational training was also arranged.

In Al-Wadi District, the safe space paid a visit to a fire-affected displaced family. As part of the visit, the family’s condition was assessed in order to provide them with shelter materials and transport the injured to receive treatment. Such urgent and required interventions help those affected maintain their health and dignity.

Three awareness sessions were held during the safe space’s involvement with the Al-Jufaina area. The first session focused on small projects and their significance in the community, and the second revolved around women and entrepreneurship, targeting 28 displaced women. At the third session, 15 women received legal information regarding the significance of obtaining identification cards in public life.

In addition, three psychological support sessions were conducted by the space. The first targeted 28 displaced women on capacity building, self-development, and joining the labor market. The second session, which was attended by 14 ladies, centered on mental health, while the third one, which attracted 15 visitors to the safe space for women and girls, offered guidance on how to lead a happy married life.