Children hit hardest by northern conflict
Hundreds of children have either been killed or used as child soldiers in fighting between Yemeni government forces and Houthi-led Shia rebels in the north of the country since August 2009, according ...
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A statement of condemnation to the Yemeni and Saudi aviation against the civilians in Sa’ada.
SEYAJ is condemns all acts of killing, destructing and displacing that exercised by the Yemeni and Saudi military aviation against the Yemeni civilians in Sa’ada province. The organization calls th...
Child soldiers used by both sides in northern conflict – NGOs
The huge poster hanging in the press conference shows a Yemeni boy dressed in a traditional brown robe, holding a detonator in one hand, while with the other he lifts his gown to reveal packages strap...
Tragic Death of the Child Fawzia Al-Amoudi During Childbirth
Sana’a, Yemen (CNN) – UNICEF expressed its condolences over the death of the twelve-year-old Yemeni girl during childbirth, a year after her marriage to a twenty-four-year-old man. The organiz...
BBC: A 12-Year-Old Pregnant Girl and Her Fetus Die in Yemen During Childbirth
A 12-year-old girl died in Yemen, along with her fetus, due to a difficult delivery. Seyaj said that the child, Fawzia Abdullah Youssef, who was forced to marry at an early age, died on Friday in the ...
The war wounds that cut the deepest
SANA’A // Children living in Sa’ada during the four-year conflict between government troops and al Houthi rebels are in need of immediate psychological and social rehabilitation programmes...
SEYAJ: War-affected children suffer psychological disorders – study
A four-year conflict between government forces and Shia rebels in the northern governorate of Saada has caused psychological problems for children and had an adverse effect on their behaviour, accordi...
Yemen crisis talks fail as Saleh’s deputy shuns meetings
SANA’A // Talks to resolve Yemen’s political crisis have failed after the deputy to the country’s wounded president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, refused to speak with groups demanding he ced...