Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Those numbers are still being verified, but the dead reportedly included the 8-year-old daughter of Anwar al-Awlaki, the U.S.-born former top operative of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). (Al ...

MARIB – When Um Feras realised there were no leisure spaces for women in her city in Yemen, she founded her own cafe and hopes to change attitudes about women-led businesses. “There were no places for ...

Since 2015 Food4Humanity Foundation, one of Yemen’s first women-led Civil Society Organization (CSO) non-profits, has engaged Yemeni women volunteers to work in areas most affected by poverty, famine, ...

In Yemen after four years of war, nearly 80 percent of the population is in need of aid. But it’s women who have been hit hardest by the conflict. Even before the war, Yemen was one of the toughest ...

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released actor and model Intisar al-Hammadi after nearly five years in prison. Her lawyer ...

This study interviewed local organisations’ staff and carried out in-depth discussions with the organisations’ paid ‘frontline’ workforce who are delivering internationally funded cash transfers in ...

Women frontline workers in Yemen are crucial for delivering cash transfers and responding to the needs of women and girls. They take on both substantial responsibilities and personal risk, operating ...

This post is part of our special coverage Yemen Protests 2011. Yemeni women played an important role in their country's revolution this past year. They were at the forefront of many marches and were a ...

ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Afrah Ali Said often recalls the days when she could go out with her family in just a shirt and trousers to enjoy a cool evening breeze on Aden's beaches. That was two decades ...