In poor families, nearly half of all re illiterate
In rural areas, fewer than one in three girls go to school
300,000 people are displaced, refugees in their own country
11 million of Yemen’s 17 million people are under 18-years-old
An estimated 40% of young people are unemployed (save the children)
Shibam mudbrick house in the yemen desrt
Yemen Geography
Yemen is a country located in the middle east south of Saudi Arabia and west of Oman. This country also borders three bodies of water the Gulf of Aden, The Arabian Sea and The Red Sea.Yemen is 527,968 sq km country comparison to the world: 50 land: 527,968 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Perim, Socotra, the former Yemen Arab Republic (YAR or North Yemen), and the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY or South Yemen). Yemen faces many problems such as limited natural freshwater resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification.Yemen is mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east. Another geographical issue for Yemen is sandstorms and dust storms in summer volcanism: Yemen experiences limited volcanic activity; Jebel at Tair (Jabal al-Tair, Jebel Teir, Jabal al-Tayr, Jazirat at-Tair) (elev. 244 m), which forms an island in the Red Sea, erupted in 2007 after awakening from dormancy; other historically active volcanoes include Harra of Arhab, Harras of Dhamar, Harra es-Sawad, and Jebel Zubair, although many of these have not erupted in over a century. (CIA)
shibam-mud-brick-city-in-yemen-desert12.jpg
Yemen's Economy
Yemen is a low income country that is highly dependent on declining oil resources for revenue. Petroleum accounts for roughly 25% of GDP and 70% of government revenue. Yemen has tried to counter the effects of its declining oil resources by diversifying its economy through an economic reform program initiated in 2006 that is designed to bolster non-oil sectors of the economy and foreign investment. In October 2009, Yemen exported its first liquefied natural gas as part of this diversification effort. In January 2010, the international community established the Friends of Yemen group that aims to support Yemen's efforts towards economic and political reform, and in August 2010 the IMF approved a three-year $370 million program to further this effort. Despite these ambitious endeavors, Yemen continues to face difficult long term challenges, including declining water resources and a high population growth rate.
(Most Yemenis chew the leaves of a plant called qat (also spelled khat). These leaves contain a mild stimulant and produce a feeling of well-being. On many afternoons, men and women gather separately in groups and chew qat). Most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force.
Yemen Human Rights And Save The Children
In Yemen, a key factor contributing to poverty is the lack of education. Despite recent gains in enrollment, school statistics in Yemen remain among the lowest in the Arab world. That’s why Save the Children is targeting an increase in education programs to more than 45,000 boys and girls. To support over 40 class and resource rooms, clean water and sanitation facilities were built or repaired.(save the children). 1,600 children who have experienced violence, recruitment, detention, separation or trafficking will receive psychosocial, medical and judicial assistance and be reintegrated into their communities. Access to better health-care services can decrease child deaths and illness. To that end, at least 60,000 children under age 5 in Sa’ada will benefit from a full set of vaccinations. Children living in displaced settlements are more vulnerable to undernutrition. Some 80,000 children with severe acute malnutrition will receive. The lives of Yemen’s children and women are being severely circumscribed by a complex mix of acute emergencies and chronic underdevelopment: insecurity in the Sa’ada Governorate in the north; strife in the south; displacement resulting from both; lack of food and water. At the same time, there is minimal access to services to mitigate these conditions, such as health care, potable water and sanitation, education and protection, and minimal humanitarian space for outside actors to address immediate needs. Hundreds of thousands of displaced persons, 70 percent of them. (save the children)
President Saleh (images on google images)
Yemen History
1967 - Formation of southern Yemen, comprising Aden and former Protectorate of South Arabia. Country is later officially known as the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY). Programme of nationalisation begins.
1982 - Earth quake kills 3,000
1990 May - Unified Republic of Yemen proclaimed, with Saleh as president.
1994 May - Saleh declares state of emergency and dismisses al-Baid and other southern government members following political deadlock and sporadic fighting. Foreigners flee escalating fighting.
1995 - Yemen, Eritrea clash over disputed island territory.
2000 October - US naval vessel USS Cole damaged in suicide attack in Aden which is subsequently blamed on al-Qaeda. Seventeen US personnel killed.
2004 September - Government says its forces have killed dissident cleric Hussein al-Houthi, the leader of a revolt in the north.
2005 May - President Saleh says the leader of the rebellion in the north has agreed to renounce the campaign in return for a pardon. Minor clashes continue.
2006 September - President Saleh wins another term in elections.
2010 January - President Saleh says government open to talks with Al-Qaeda militants, provided they renounce violence.
2010 March - Northern rebels release 178 captives after the government accuses the Shia Houthi group of failing to comply with the terms of the truce reached in February.
2011 November - President Saleh agrees to hand over power to his deputy, Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, ahead of early election. The transition deal is brokered by Yemen's Gulf Arab neighbours and signed in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.Several people are shot dead at a rally in Sanaa held to protest the clause in the power transfer deal guaranteeing President Saleh immunity from prosecution. (bbc)
YemenYemen Facts
Yemen Geography
Yemen is a country located in the middle east south of Saudi Arabia and west of Oman. This country also borders three bodies of water the Gulf of Aden, The Arabian Sea and The Red Sea.Yemen is 527,968 sq km country comparison to the world: 50 land: 527,968 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Perim, Socotra, the former Yemen Arab Republic (YAR or North Yemen), and the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY or South Yemen). Yemen faces many problems such as limited natural freshwater resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification.Yemen is mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east. Another geographical issue for Yemen is sandstorms and dust storms in summer volcanism: Yemen experiences limited volcanic activity; Jebel at Tair (Jabal al-Tair, Jebel Teir, Jabal al-Tayr, Jazirat at-Tair) (elev. 244 m), which forms an island in the Red Sea, erupted in 2007 after awakening from dormancy; other historically active volcanoes include Harra of Arhab, Harras of Dhamar, Harra es-Sawad, and Jebel Zubair, although many of these have not erupted in over a century. (CIA)shibam-mud-brick-city-in-yemen-desert12.jpg
Yemen's Economy
Yemen is a low income country that is highly dependent on declining oil resources for revenue. Petroleum accounts for roughly 25% of GDP and 70% of government revenue. Yemen has tried to counter the effects of its declining oil resources by diversifying its economy through an economic reform program initiated in 2006 that is designed to bolster non-oil sectors of the economy and foreign investment. In October 2009, Yemen exported its first liquefied natural gas as part of this diversification effort. In January 2010, the international community established the Friends of Yemen group that aims to support Yemen's efforts towards economic and political reform, and in August 2010 the IMF approved a three-year $370 million program to further this effort. Despite these ambitious endeavors, Yemen continues to face difficult long term challenges, including declining water resources and a high population growth rate.- Population below poverty line: 23%
- Unemployment rate: 35%
(Most Yemenis chew the leaves of a plant called qat (also spelled khat). These leaves contain a mild stimulant and produce a feeling of well-being. On many afternoons, men and women gather separately in groups and chew qat). Most people are employed in agriculture and herding; services, construction, industry, and commerce account for less than one-fourth of the labor force.Agriculture: grain, fruits, vegetables, pulses, qat, coffee, cotton; dairy products, livestock (sheep, goats, cattle, camels), poultry; fish.
Yemen Human Rights And Save The Children
In Yemen, a key factor contributing to poverty is the lack of education. Despite recent gains in enrollment, school statistics in Yemen remain among the lowest in the Arab world. That’s why Save the Children is targeting an increase in education programs to more than 45,000 boys and girls. To support over 40 class and resource rooms, clean water and sanitation facilities were built or repaired.(save the children). 1,600 children who have experienced violence, recruitment, detention, separation or trafficking will receive psychosocial, medical and judicial assistance and be reintegrated into their communities. Access to better health-care services can decrease child deaths and illness. To that end, at least 60,000 children under age 5 in Sa’ada will benefit from a full set of vaccinations. Children living in displaced settlements are more vulnerable to undernutrition. Some 80,000 children with severe acute malnutrition will receive. The lives of Yemen’s children and women are being severely circumscribed by a complex mix of acute emergencies and chronic underdevelopment: insecurity in the Sa’ada Governorate in the north; strife in the south; displacement resulting from both; lack of food and water. At the same time, there is minimal access to services to mitigate these conditions, such as health care, potable water and sanitation, education and protection, and minimal humanitarian space for outside actors to address immediate needs. Hundreds of thousands of displaced persons, 70 percent of them. (save the children)Yemen History
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