Settling accounts and increasing royalties..Houthi terrorism against women working in organizations

English - Wednesday 29 June 2022 الساعة 09:12 am
Sana'a, NewsYemen:

The Houthi militia - the Iranian arm in Yemen - continues to launch an incitement and extortion media campaign against female workers in local and international civil society organizations, within the framework of a general trend aimed at blackmailing international organizations, and intimidating and excluding female workers in this sector under various pretexts.

Through activists in the so-called cultural and media committee of the group, the Houthi militia is trying to undermine the symptoms and reputation of Yemeni women working in the civil society organizations sector, with the aim of creating an inciting and violent public opinion against women by society and family members.

According to sources working in the organizations sector who spoke to (Newsyemen), the campaign against women and organizations is not new, but rather comes in the context of what the sources described as (settling inter-accounts), and blackmailing organizations to obtain the largest possible amount of support provided through these organizations on the one hand, and replacing  On the other hand, elements loyal to the Houthi militia replaced workers who are not loyal to the group.

The sources pointed to the recurrence of a conflict between the wings of the Houthi militia over the right to distribute international and relief aid, looting the largest share of this aid for the benefit of influential people in the group, and exploiting the distribution process for aid to carry out military actions.

In his comment on Twitter, Yemeni political activist Muhammad Al-Maqaleh feels the existence of what he described as (a despicable campaign targeting the symptoms of Yemeni women), adding in this context: “Every day you find a new expert of this kind,” and He said, "Assume you are Yemenis too. You are stabbing your honor."

Referring to the disputes of acquisition and extortion, Al-Maqaleh said: “If you hear a campaign against any party or person by Abu Mahyub’s electronic army, you should look for the slip,” or that the campaign implementers aim to remove the target and replace him with one of Abu Mahyub’s owners, or increase  The value of the royalties imposed on him before, considering that "the accusation of soft war is a cover to silence anyone who objects, and nothing but."

The Houthi leader, Shams al-Din Sharaf al-Din, had attacked women in Arab and Islamic countries, and what he described as “women’s adornment,” at the same time defending terrorist organizations and what he described as “believers.” In a public event on Sunday, February 27, 2022 AD in Sana’a,  The Houthi leader, who was appointed Mufti of the group, spoke about what he described as (the state of apostasy that has emerged among Arabs and Muslims), in what is an explicit blasphemy for many Arab and Islamic societies and peoples.

In a related context, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi attacked, in a public speech, the orientations of women and youth representation in political dialogues and their involvement in the political process and decision-making in higher authorities.

Al-Houthi launched a sarcastic campaign against the trends of involving Yemeni women in political, economic, social and cultural life, and steps to enhance their access to decision-making centers, considering such trends as "American endeavors for social separation, the dismantling of society and the dismantling of families," according to his claim.

Al-Houthi considered the trends to involve women in political life as an encouragement for women to "struggle against their father, brother, or son."  The progress made, to advocate for change, and to celebrate the actions, courage, and steadfastness of common women in playing exceptional roles in the history of their countries and societies.

The human rights organization (SAM) revealed, earlier, that the Houthi militia formed a security apparatus for women, whose job it is to participate in breaking into homes, arresting and luring women, and collecting field information about opponents.  And at the beginning of this year, the Mufti of the Houthi group, Shams al-Din bin Sharaf al-Din, considered that "women's work in public places contains sedition and excitement."