Yemeni women play active role in fight against terrorism

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In September, the Yemeni Women Empowerment Foundation began sending women to army security posts and checkpoints to serve meals, cake and sweets they had prepared at the foundation’s workshop as an expression of gratitude and support, the foundation said.

“This initiative came to raise the morale of the army and security forces and as an expression of public cohesion, [shared] responsibility and common destiny among all the people of the country,” foundation president Zaafaran Zayed said at the initiative’s opening ceremony.

She called on all women and civil society organisations to join the initiative and to participate in and support its activities so they can reach all the country’s provinces.

Women play an important role in supporting the army in its ongoing battle against al-Qaeda and terrorism, Abyan province deputy governor Ahmed al-Rahwi told Al-Shorfa.

“These modest and symbolic efforts undertaken by women in support of the army’s efforts in the war on terrorism have a significant impact on morale,” he said.

Efforts made by women’s organisations and individuals have included pledging cash donations, preparing meals and serving them at army checkpoints, and donating pieces of jewellery, he said.

“The woman’s voice is important to kindling enthusiasm and raising the morale of the soldiers, especially if it expresses itself loudly through popular events, the media and in the statements that accompany these events,” al-Rahwi said.

Source: al-shorfa.com

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