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Effective Citizenship, Civil Action, and Prospects for Post-Conflict Justice in Yemen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2020

Stacey Philbrick Yadav
Stacey Philbrick Yadav*
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Department of Political Science, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, [email protected]
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A woman takes on work repairing cell phones in a small town in the southern governorate of Lahj. In Aden, an ‘aqīla (neighborhood representative) refuses to authorize the marriage of an underage girl. In a rural village outside of Sana'a, women petition the shaykh for permission to build a community center in which they can market home crafts to other women. Young women and men in Ibb and in Hadramawt work as volunteer teachers and coordinate with very different municipal authorities to ensure children can learn. And in the divided city of Taiz, a youth organization trains internally displaced Yemenis in the maintenance of the solar technologies that are keeping the city running.

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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 52 , Issue 4 , November 2020 , pp. 754 - 758
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