Fifth Women’s Summit concludes in Aden

In conjunction with the anniversary of International Human Rights Day, the activities of the “Fifth Women’s Summit” organized by the Wogood for Human Security Foundation concluded today Sunday in Yemen’s Aden.

About two hundred Yemeni women leaders from all Yemeni governorates, working in the areas of security, peace and women’s rights, participated in the women’s summit.

The UN envoy to Yemen and the US envoy, the ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the representative of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation also participated in the event through visual communication technology.

The summit aims to unify the efforts of women’s movements and increase their influence in bringing about change, confronting discrimination, violence and human rights violations to which Yemeni women are exposed, in addition to evaluating the truce process and its impact on women in Yemen.