Yemen: Local administration to appoint five women in local authority positions

Local Administration Minister Abdul-Qader Hilal revealed Wednesday a plan of appointing five women as deputies and assistants deputy governor in the capital Sana'a and the provinces of Aden, Ibb, Taiz and Hodeidah.

Delivering a speech in the opening of a meeting of the Ministry's women leaders, Hilal affirmed the importance of the meeting to increase the political participation of Yemeni women. Hilal pointed out that women's participation in the local rule and listening to her viewpoints is an evidence on the awareness of the political leadership over the importance of woman's role in the society.

Hilal said that the local rule is a comprehensive system contain of the political, economic, social and cultural structure aims at developing the level of any people life. For her part, deputy Minister for woman affairs Khadijah Radman said the meeting seeks to achieve many goals topped by activating the woman-run administrations in the local authority.

Radman highlighted the efforts have been done by the government to create a real position for Yemen's women such as the Ministry's decisions of appointing deputies and assistants deputy governor in 5 local positions. It is worth mentioning, the two-day meeting was organized by the Woman Sector in the Ministry and the project of Equaled Opportunities and Woman Development of (GTZ).

-- Saba