Gender issues after the Yemeni spring

In 2012 Arab women have been on the front lines of most critical human rights struggles. In the case of Yemen, women have been deeply involved in the Arab springs. Following the arrest and detention of their male family members, many of them joined the protests. They too were injured and killed in the confrontation between the protesters and the regular army. Though threatened by the regime forces and by president Saleh who defined them “not good Muslims” due to the fact that they broke the traditional segregation, their participation has been generally accepted within the society. Thus, Yemeni women continued their protests.