Yemeni Women’s Union Women rights between Islam and the law [Archives:2004/730/Community]

By Fahmia AL-Fotih
For the Yemen Times
The executive office of Yemeni Women Union (YWU), sponsored by UNDP, held on Wednesday 14 April a seminar about woman rights in religion and law. The seminar took place at the YWU headquarters.
Ms. Ramzia Eryani, the Head of YWU, said “Islam has given women fair laws and the Yemeni constitution stipulates equality between men and women.”
Eryani further said “I find a lot of organizations and Arab countries have written and discussed the laws related to women as well as international laws that ban the segregation based on sex. Islam has been just to women, yet, some people tend not to apply Islamic regulations due to false cultural concepts.”
Eryani also added “We hope to have contact with everyone, Government, and Parliament and others, to enable us to implement these laws. We would like also to thank UNDP for supporting women's issues in all fields and helping her get her rights.”
Ms. Najat Al-Faqih, who works in the Studies and Research Department at YWU, told Yemen Times “Today this seminar is held to discuss the book 'Woman in the Islamic Religion', written by Ms. Ramzia. The aim of this seminar is to enrich this book.”
Mr. Hamoud El-Hitar, a judge, pointed out the importance of organizing such a seminar to gather people interested in women's rights, and said that it is considered a step to correct the negative concepts related to the role of women and rights that Islam has bestowed upon her.
He also emphasised the status of women in the Yemeni constitution, which ensures her rights and equality between men and women.
Four working-papers were submitted, most of which tackled woman-related topics.
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