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- ↑ "Yemen: CEDAW Shadow Report highlights persisting discriminative laws | Women Reclaiming and Redefining Cultures". www.wluml.org. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
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- ↑ Manea, Elham (2010-03-03). "Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa 2010 - Yemen". Freedom House. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
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