The Political Role of Women in Yemen 1940-1990

Abstract

The study sought to find out the political reality of Yemeni women before 1990 in North and South Yemen, as it was called, until unity was achieved, explaining the political roles that Yemeni women performed with sincerity and courage for the sake of the homeland ,the study used the historical and descriptive analytical method to identify the political reality by tracking what women provided on various fronts to help their men brothers achieve victory, especially in the south of the country against British colonialism, It addressed women's political rights. It sought to know the obstacles to the political, the study was limited to a specific period of time to shed light on the political role of Yemeni women during that period and it was found that they were among the first women in the Arab world to engage in the struggle as a result of the political awareness in which they excelled.

It concluded that the role of Yemeni women, despite its importance, is limited and marginalized compared to what they deserve to obtain, and a number of recommendations that would enhance the status of Yemeni women and enable them.