Hooria Mashhour (Arabic: حورية مشهور أحمد; born 1954) is a Yemeni human rights and women's rights activist.[1] She held the position of Minister of Human Rights in post-revolution Yemen, starting in 2012. Due to safety concerns, she left the position in 2014, moving to Aden.
Hooria Mashhour | |
|---|---|
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| Minister of Human Rights | |
| In office 7 December 2011 – November 2014 | |
| President | Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi |
| Prime Minister | Mohammed Basindawa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1954 |
| Nationality | Yemeni |
Biography
editYemen
editIn 2000, Mashhour was the deputy of the Women's National Committee, a Yemeni government-funded semi-independent women's association.[2] She resigned in 2011 in order to take part in the revolution known as the Arab Spring.[3] She was active in calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to face prosecution for his alleged killing of protestors on 18 March 2011 in Yemen's capital city, Sana'a.[4][5] She went on hunger strike in 2011 to draw attention to the detention of 60 activists.[6] Since 2011, she has become a spokesperson for the Houthi-led National Council.[4][7]
In 2012, President Abed Rabbuh Mansour Hadi named her as Yemen's first human rights minister. In her capacity as the Minister of Human Rights, she tracked corruption, abuse and detentions which violate human rights and dignity.[3] She also has worked to end child marriage in Yemen.[3][8]
Mashhour has spoken out against drone attacks and bombings carried out by the United States and Saudi Arabia against Yemen. She has said that "To have an innocent person fall, this is a major breach."[9] She has written out against these attacks in The Washington Post, drawing attention to individuals who have been affected by the violence.[10]
In 2013, she announced legislation to require that the minimum age for women to marry is eighteen years of age.[11]
In 2014, Mashhour's safety was at risk, so she moved to Aden and left the position of Minister of Human Rights.[12] Ezzedine al-Asbahi was appointed to take her place in 2015.[12]
Germany
editThe conflict in Yemen forced Mashoor to flee to Germany as a refugee.[13][14][15]
In 2020, she called for inclusion of women in government, stating that without women, no government has legitimacy.[13]
Academic work
editMashoor is an advocate for the role of women in Yemeni society, having spoken at many events about the historical role of women during the 10th, 11th, and 12th centuries AD.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "السيرة الذاتية للحكومة الحالية". 2 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Yemen: The National Women's Committee; the Social Association for Productive Families; The Women and Children's Department of the Center Development Association; Yemeni Council for Motherhood and Childhood, 21 September 2001, YEM37838.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4bec84.html [accessed 10 March 2022]
- ^ a b c Palet, Laura Secorun (5 November 2014). "In Yemen, A Job You Definitely Don't Want". The World Post.
- ^ a b c Strzelecka, Ewa K. (December 2012). "Mujeres en la revolución yemení de 2011". Revista de Estudios Internacionales Mediterráneos. ISSN 1887-4460.
- ^ Al Batati, Saeed (16 July 2014). "Q&A: Yemen's Human Rights Minister". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "وزيرة يمنية تعلق عملها تضامنا مع معتقلين". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ Al-Harazi, Shatha (30 November 2011). "Demilitarization committee fails to materialize". Yemeni Times. Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Jamjoom, Mohammed; Almasmari, Hakim (16 September 2013). "Yemen minister on child marriage: Enough is enough – CNN". CNN. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Habboush, Mahmoud (22 January 2013). "Yemen Minister Urges Ground Ops, Not Drones, Against Militants". Reuters. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ Mashhour, Hooria (14 January 2014). "Hooria Mashhour: The United States' Bloody Messes in Yemen". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "حورية مشهور". صحيفة الوسط البحرينية (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Yemen – in-year update July 2015". GOV.UK. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ a b "حورية مشهور: لا شرعية لحكومة بلا نساء". www.alayyam.info (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "حورية مشهور.. من وزيرة إلى لاجئة". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "Interview with Hooria Mashhour: On the rebels′ blacklist – Qantara.de". Qantara.de – Dialogue with the Islamic World. Retrieved 9 January 2021.