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Rashida al-Qaili

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Yemeni journalist

Rashida al-Qaili is a Yemeni journalist who ran for President in 2006 with an anti-corruption focus. She also intended to increase freedom. She was the second woman to stand after Sumaya Ali Raja. al-Qaili was a columnist whose satirical comments that appeared in the Al-Wasat newspaper and the Al-Shura newspaper until it was "suspended".

Her campaign was not taken seriously, and success was seen as unlikely, but it gained attention because of Yemen's culture.

References

  1. Second woman declares intention to make bid for presidency, SANA'A, 15 March 2006 irinnews.org, Retrieved 14 April 2016
  2. "Yemen: CEDAW Shadow Report highlights persisting discriminative laws | Women Reclaiming and Redefining Cultures". www.wluml.org. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. "Yemeni Women Testing Traditional Roles". NPR. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018.
  4. "Saba Net - Yemen news agency". sabanews.net. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. Manea, Elham (3 March 2010). "Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa 2010 - Yemen". Freedom House. Retrieved 29 May 2018.


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