Yemen Times

A group of autistic children and their families made their first public appearance on Thursday in order to raise awareness of the disease and to face the community at large, which often stigmatizes them for being mentally ill

Students protesting the increase in bus fares by some bus drivers. “Might as well start walking to university if the bus fares remain high,” they complained.

Teaching staff and assistants at Sana’a University are praising a settlement reached with the Ministry of Civil Services and Insurance regarding their numerous issues and concerns.

Women in the Arab world are still denied equality of opportunity, although their disempowerment is a critical factor crippling the Arab nations’ quest to return to the first rank of global leaders in commerce, learning and culture, according to a new United Nations-sponsored report released this month.

Although the government has agreed to meet with the Yemeni Teacher’s Syndicate later this month to discuss their problems, more demonstrations flared in Dhamar governorate, leading to the arrest of several teachers.