A meeting on combating violence against women [Archives:2004/766/Local News]

A meeting, to plan the formation of a partnership for combating violence against women, was held in Sana'a on Saturday, 14th August. At which SAFHR and Amnesty International were joined by a number of civil society organization representatives and officials from the Min. of Human Rights. This meeting which comes within the framework of Amnesty International's worldwide campaign to combat violence against women. The campaign which began last March, aims at forming a joint work group in Yemen, to which powers may be delegated, so that they can be put in place measures to combat violence against women on a national level.
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