YEMEN
– WOMEN OF REVOLTS – CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE
TAWAKUL KARMAN - THE ACTIVIST, THE
JOURNALIST, THE MOTHER
http://gulfnews.com/news/region/women-fuel-arab-revolts-1.772905
Tawakul Karman
(centre) is the president of Yemen’s
Women Journalists Without Chains and a member of the Islamist opposition party,
Islah. She has frequently criticised the government of Ali Abdullah Saleh, who
has dominated Yemeni politics since 1978. Karman has led sit-ins every Tuesday
to protest the government’s repression of civil rights, particularly women’s
rights. She was arrested January 23 for her role in organising protests but
later released.
Image Credit: AP
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/780/yemens-popular-uprising-in-photos
Yemen Times. Tawakul Karman with her three
daughters.