Women in Yemen’s War

On Wednesday, 18 July 2018, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Yemen and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security co-hosted the event “Women in Yemen’s war”.

The panel discussion focused on the gendered impacts of the conflict, with particular attention to how women are affected. Areas of discussion included: women’s access to health services; the secondary and tertiary gendered impacts of the use of explosive weapons in populated areas; the resilience of women’s rights organisations operating in conflict-affected contexts; and supporting women’s livelihoods and economic justice in conflict.

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger – Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security – and the Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP – Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Yemen – co-chaired the event.

Speakers at the event included:

• Laurie Lee, Chief Executive of CARE International UK

• Laila Alodaat, MENA Director at the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

• Marwa Baabbad, a Fellow at the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security

• Fionna Smyth, Head of Humanitarian Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns at Oxfam

• Hanna Quassim, Director of Adalah Yemen.