Cities of Aden and Taiz, both under occupation control, witnessed a wave of angry women’s protests. Demonstrators expressed their deep dissatisfaction with the deteriorating living, economic, and service conditions, demanding radical reforms, a halt to the accelerating collapse of the local currency, and the dismissal of officials implicated in corruption and ongoing government failure.
In the occupied city of Aden, hundreds of women demonstrated in an angry demonstration in front of the occupation-affiliated local authority building in the Mualla district.
They held up banners demanding the provision of basic services, improved living conditions, the payment of delayed salaries, and the achievement of social justice.
The demonstrators chanted slogans denouncing the pro-occupation government’s failure to fulfill its repeatedly repeated promises to eradicate corruption and restore the value of the Yemeni riyal, which has collapsed at an unprecedented rate in recent years.
The protesters accused the local authorities and the occupation of a disastrous failure to manage services and living conditions, particularly with regard to electricity, water, and the rising prices of basic commodities.
They emphasized that their prolonged silence was no longer effective in light of the continuing deterioration of the situation.
Local sources reported that the Transitional Council militias blocked the streets and side roads leading to Madram Street in Ma’alla since the early morning hours in an attempt to thwart the women’s demonstration.
Armed female members of the Transitional Council militias also deployed, carrying batons and sticks, in a scene that raised fears among the participants that they would be assaulted. The demonstrators considered it an attempt to intimidate them and silence their legitimate demands.
In the city of Taiz, women from neighborhoods under occupation control demonstrated in an angry demonstration in front of the local authority building, demanding the provision of water, electricity, and decent living conditions.
They denounced the government’s continued silence regarding the catastrophic conditions in the city.
The demonstrators held up banners demanding accountability for corrupt leaders, most notably the occupation-appointed governor, Nabil Shamsan, whom the women held responsible for the deterioration of services and living conditions.
They threatened to take him to court to be tried under current Yemeni law.
The demonstrators documented some of the daily suffering women face in Taiz, where the price of a water tanker has reached nearly 100,000 riyals, making obtaining water extremely difficult.
Some participants reported being forced to carry water from water tanks on their heads, a distance of up to 3 kilometers, a scene that reflects the complete collapse of the infrastructure.
