HALA AL-HASHIDI

 Yemen- More than 377,000 people have been killed in the 10-year-old conflict in Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the world, between the internationally recognized government and the Houthis. The ongoing civil war and natural disasters, Yemen remains one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world. Women and children are the most affected by both the civil war and natural disasters caused by floods in 2022 and 2023.

‘We live without any rights’

Women, who are internally displaced because their homes were destroyed or damaged in the civil war and floods, struggle to survive in poor living conditions, some without “tents”, in the IDPs camps.

“We are dragged into chaos due to the war and cannot get out,” said Nima Abdullah, one of the displaced Yemeni women. “We are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. We are hungry but find nothing to eat. We have a life full of misery. We live in poor conditions without any rights. Since we suffered from floods, we have no tent or bed.”

‘We need urgent support’

Malak Sarhan is also a displaced woman living in one of the IDPs camps in Yemen. “We struggle to survive in the camp,” she said, stressing that they do not have even a tent to shelter them.

“We are exhausted and face diseases in the camp. We suffer from difficult living conditions. We need urgent support to cope with these difficult living conditions. We also need urgent shelter to protect us from rain, cold and hot weather. We are in a state of despair and do not know how to overcome this situation.”