Yemen, January 24, 2019: The state of women's rights in Yemen has reached its worst in history. And before the war, Yemen ranked last in the indicators of justice and equality. Today, women suffer from multiple burdens and multiple risks of insecurity, deteriorating services, worsening humanitarian conditions, and the spread of poverty and diseases. As well as falling victims of high-explosive weapons as a result of shelling of all kinds and mines.

Violence against women and girls has increased alarming records, in conflict areas, women suffer from the siege and forced displacement, and the situation of women is worse in areas controlled by the Houthi group, where women are subjected to various types of violations that are not accepted by Yemeni society, the international community or the tribal custom. Those who harass women and attack them in schools and restaurants under the pretext of preventing mixing, and from fabricating accusations of prostitution and prostitution for threats and extortion, and the activists aim to defame and incite them to kill them in the media and social media. As for the peaceful demonstrators, they are subjected to harassment, beatings, arbitrary arrest and torture, and unfair sentences are issued against women. Female detainees, such as the death sentence directed against Asma Al-Omeisi, and the recent violations of illegal prisons to arbitrarily detain women and expose them to exploitation and torture have raised the condemnation of society.

What has become of the tragic situation of women in Yemen needs a serious pause towards their justice.

Accordingly, we call on the government to:

Preparing a national action plan to implement Security Council Resolution 1325 and its complementary resolutions on women, peace, and security.

- Reactivate the National Committee for Women in the liberated areas and allocate sufficient resources to support it technically and financially.

We also call on the Houthi group to:

• Immediately release the arbitrary and forcibly disappeared detainees and stop issuing death sentences against women, starting with the case of Asma Al-Omeisi, and stop assaulting women in public places.
• Refer their personnel accused of assaulting women and violating their rights, including security and media personnel involved in the violations, to the judiciary, and punish them according to the law.
• Allow the ICRC team to investigate human rights violations to visit Sana'a and to conduct an independent investigation into the issue of the detention of women outside the framework of the law.

The Continuation of exposing women, girls, and children to grave violations is condemned, and their protection must be everyone's top priority.