Al-Khawkhah: 50 women receive sewing machines provided by the United Nations Population Fund
English - Sunday 23 August 2020 الساعة 10:17 am
Khokha, Newsyemen
On Saturday, 50 women in Al-Khokha District received 50 sewing machines provided by the United Nations Population Fund.
Fifty women were handed sewing machines, as well as integrated embroidery tools and a similar number of steam ironing machines, in the presence of the First Undersecretary of Hodeidah Governorate, Walid Al-Qadimi, and a number of executives in the directorate.
Al-Qadami welcomed this step, which targets the women's side in Al-Khokha, and called for similar steps to be implemented in the rest of the West Coast regions to strengthen the partnership of women in society.
For her part, the Director of the Human Rights Office in the governorate, Fathia Al-Maamari, thanked the local authority for its support for women, and called for all organizations to pay attention to the category of women who have been greatly affected by the current conditions in the country, and to help them overcome the effects of the war launched by the Houthi militia, the Iranian arm in Yemen.
