The Yemeni internationally recognized government, the Southern Transitional Council (STC), and the Houthi rebels have continued to crack down on women’s rights across the country, according to a recent report published by Human Rights Watch.
The report entitled “Yemen Events of 2025” found that Houthis have increasingly restricted women’s freedom of movement and imposed a strict policy requiring women to travel with a male relative (mahram) or to provide written approval from their male guardian allowing them to travel, a policy that had not existed before.
In the south, the report found, even though there is no official guidance banning women from traveling alone between governorates, women have reported being stopped at checkpoints for several hours and sometimes forced to turn around.
HRW report described US Attacks targeting Ras Issa port on April 17, when 84 civilians were killed and 150 were injured, likely war crimes
“Ten days after, on April 28, US forces struck a migrant detention center in Saada, killing over 68 civilians and injuring dozens more”, the report added.
The Houthis have committed serious violations against children and increased their recruitment into their armed forces.
HRW report concluded that “There has been virtually no accountability for violations committed by parties to the conflict. Since the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) narrowly voted to end the mandate of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen in October 2021, there has been no independent international mechanism to monitor the human rights situation in Yemen and lay the foundation for accountability for abuses.