YCEA sign document that criminalize prevention of girl’s education in directorate of Hamadan in Yemen 2014

In an extraordinary step, the Yemeni Coalition for Education has succeeded in signing assurance document that criminalizes the prevention of girl’s education with the people and senators of Hamadan directorate. This document gives the girls’ of Hamadan directorate their right in education and turns it into a duty after it was forbidden for them. And hereby this document the girl’s prevention of education is becoming a tribal blemish in Hamadan area, which is considered to be one of the important entrances to the capital city of Sanaa’.  

 The document has been signed during a n event that was organized and planned by the Yemeni coalition For Education for all, in 13 of February 2014, with the presence of the Secretary General of UNESCO Professor Dr. Ahmad Al-Moamari,  and the representative of Save the children association Iftikar Al- Shamiri, and with the presence of several social figures, led by the Council of Representative member Dean Mohammad Al-Haweri, member of the Consultative Council Professor Yahia Al-Habari, the general director of the directorate Jobran Ghober. Moreover, a number of Hamadan residents participated in this ceremony, who demanded the official figures to build schools in their area on lands that are provided by the parents themselves. This reflects their eagerness on having educated children; boys or girls.

The Secretary General of the Yemeni Coalition Professor Issam AL-Olfi declared that this signed document about girls education, has delivered after continuous hard working, to deliver our message in a practical way. AL-Olfi noted that girl’s education is our future priority in the Yemeni Coalition for Education for all.

Within the event, several awareness speeches have been presented that support girl’s education.  Professor Al-Habari donated by one million Pound to Hamadan directorate as way of supporting girl’s education. The people of Hamadan were very pleasure of this positive event, which brought a lot of positive energy to their hearts. This event was covered by number of local and international media, within the media coverage of the first event of the Yemeni Coalition for Education in 2014.

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