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The Siyaj Organization for Child Protection welcomes the historic decision of the President of the Republic of Yemen, Field Marshal Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to prohibit the recruitment of children under the age of 18 in #Yemen. While affirming that the decision of the President of the Republic today represents a victory for children’s rightsContinue reading “President Hadi issues a decree banning the recruitment of children in Yemen.”
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The father of 12-year-old Asmaa, identified as (A.M.M.), pledged not to proceed with his daughter’s marriage until she reaches the legal age. This pledge came about as a result of the efforts of the Siyaj Organization and the cooperation of the security forces in the Wasab As-Safil district of Al-Hudaydah Governorate. This was achieved throughContinue reading “Through intervention from the security forces: Security in Wasab al-Safil halts the marriage of a 12-year-old girl for six years.”
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The “Seyaj for Child Protection” organization has issued an urgent appeal to save more than eight million Yemeni children, including nearly one million infants, who are facing a food and health catastrophe. Seyaj’s Monitoring and Protection Center confirms that children are threatened with death and disease due to malnutrition, lack of potable water, and theContinue reading “More than eight million children are threatened with death and disease due to the war in Yemen.”
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Members of the “Women’s Committees for the Protection of Young Girls from Early Marriage” at the Siyaj Organization called for the necessity and importance of raising awareness, training, and involving local communities, especially women, in the preventive and subsequent protection of victims of early marriage. Participants in a meeting held today in Sana’a by theContinue reading “With support from the Dutch Embassy: Siyaj trains women’s committees to reduce child marriage”
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The Seyaj Organization for Child Protection and the Yemeni Presidency discussed a number of issues and problems facing children’s rights in Yemen. The meeting, which included today the head of the organization, Ahmed Al-Qurashi, and the head of the Local Authority and Civil Society Organizations Department at the Presidency, Dr. Abdullah Al-Alimi The two sidesContinue reading “The fence and the presidency discuss cooperation between them in protecting children from crimes and violations.”
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The Taiz Court in Taiz Governorate sentenced (M.S.) today to five years in prison, to be served immediately, and ordered him to pay a fine of one million riyals (approximately $4,000 USD) plus 200,000 riyals in court fees. The court also sentenced the second defendant, who aided the perpetrator, to one year in prison andContinue reading “Taiz court sentences two men to prison and fines for child rape”
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Written by: Nada Anam: The monitoring center of the Seyaj Organization revealed that 124 children were kidnapped in Yemen during 2013. The head of the organization, Ahmed Al-Qurashi, explained that the report included cases that were verified and documented, indicating that the majority of the cases fit the description of being victims of human trafficking.Continue reading “Siyaj documents the kidnapping of 124 Yemeni children during 2013 and the kidnappers’ impunity”
