Three thousand days of aggression… Catastrophic numbers were revealed by a rights organization about the victims of women and children

The organization explained in its report on the aggression’s violations over the course of three thousand days that there were 6,357 martyrs, including 2,454 women and 3,903 children, and 7,284 injured people, including 2,979 women and 4,305 children.

It pointed out that 712 rape crimes, including 140 occurrences of women’s rape and 92 cases of child rape, were committed by the forces of aggression in the West Coast region.

According to a report by the organization, the number of abduction crimes reached 430, including 65 cases involving women and 150 cases involving children. In the Aden governorate, 452 occurrences of rape were reported.

Additionally, it brought attention to the violations of the Saudi regime, which arrested and tortured a number of Yemeni women, the latest of whom were Marwa Al-Sabri and Fikrah Al-Dubayani.

According to the report, “the number of victims of the remnants of the coalition has increased to 8,122 civilians, including 182 children, who fell between killed and wounded since the beginning of the year until the end of May 2023.

Education:
The organization’s report confirmed that the number of completely and partially destroyed educational facilities used to shelter the displaced and the unsafe as a result of the aggression reached 3,768 facilities.

A total of 435 schools were entirely destroyed, accounting for 11.5% of all schools, while 1,578 schools sustained partial damage, accounting for 42%. In addition to the closure of about 756 schools across Yemen, which accounts for 20%, there were approximately 999 schools that served as shelters for the displaced, representing 26.5% of all schools in Yemen.

The report explained that the aggression and siege have caused the education system to collapse, affecting more than six million students, while 196,197 teachers have not received regular pay since 2016, which exposes an additional four million children to the risk of losing their education. Six million students may have their schooling disrupted, and 8.1 million children nationwide require emergency educational assistance.

It added that of the 10.6 million children that are of school age, 2.4 million are not enrolled in school, and 31% of Yemeni girls are not in the educational system as a result of the deteriorating humanitarian situation and families’ inability to meet the necessities of a basic education. The rate of the deficit in printing school textbooks annually reached 56 million, 615 thousand, and 44 books.

Displaced People:
In 15 governorates, according to the organization’s study, there are an increase in the number of displaced people to 6.4 million by March 2023 as a result of the continued aggression that has lasted more than eight years, and the number of displaced families reached 740,122 families.

It stated that this year, more than eight million women and girls require life-saving services, while six million children require some kind of humanitarian aid or protection. According to estimates, the poverty rate has increased to almost 80%, and more than eight out of every ten children now reside in families with insufficient income to cover their basic necessities.

The organization noted that with limited available housing options, displaced women and girls suffer the most due to the lack of privacy, threat to their safety, and restricted access to basic services, leaving them more susceptible to abuse and violence.

It also highlighted that one out of every three displaced households is headed by women, and that 21% of these households are provided by girls who are 18 years old or younger.

Children:
The organization pointed out the expansion of the phenomenon of child labor during the war, with rates that may exceed four times what they were before. 34.3% of children who labor is between the ages of 5 and 17, and over 1.4 million of these children are deprived of their basic rights.

The organization reported an increase in the number of people with disabilities from three million before the aggression to 5.5 million at the present, explaining that since the aggression’s start, about 6,000 civilians have become disabled as a result of armed hostilities, including about 5,559 children. It is anticipated that the actual figure will be significantly higher, and 16,000 women and children need physical rehabilitation.

Yemen has the highest rates of infant and child mortality in the Middle East, with 60 infants and children dying for every 1,000 live births and 52,000 child deaths annually, which means a child dies every ten minutes, according to the Entesaf organization.

Health Situation:
Regarding the health situation in the country, the organization said that only 51% of Yemen’s medical facilities are in use and that the embargo and coalition’s efforts to restrict their entry have prevented access to almost 70% of birthing medications. Providing basic healthcare can prevent more than 50% of newborn deaths.

The organization confirmed that the siege has contributed to an increase in malnutrition rates, which have risen in the past two years from 3.6 million people to six million, an increase of 66%.

More than 2.3 million kids under the age of five are malnourished, and this year, 632,000 of those kids are at risk of mortality due to severe acute malnutrition. In addition, malnutrition affects almost 1.5 million women who are pregnant and nursing, including 650,000 who have medium malnutrition.

The report stated that complications during pregnancy or childbirth result in the deaths of one woman and six newborns every two hours, and an estimated 17,000 women could lose their lives. 12.6 million women need reproductive health and protection services that can save their lives.

The actual need for the health sector is estimated to be around 2,000 incubators, while only 600 are currently available, resulting in 50% of premature infants.

Due to the fact that non-specialists handle more than 50% of deliveries, the organization called attention to the growing agony of expectant mothers. Around 8.1 million women and girls of reproductive age need assistance in accessing reproductive health services.

The organization noted that, in addition to experiencing a significant lack of medications, equipment, and staff, 35% of reproductive health clinics and centers had lost their ability to function.

The number of cancer patients has reached 35,000, including over 1,000 children, and the number of children with heart defects exceeds 3,000 who need to travel abroad for treatment.

A total of 4.5 million cases of infectious diseases have been reported in the capital and provinces, including 226 polio cases, 136,360 malaria cases, 14,508 suspected cholera cases, 15 measles deaths, and 1,400 cases in seven provinces in 2022.

Over 5,000 individuals are suffering from kidney failure, and they are in danger of dying because of the hostility and siege.

Over the course of 3,000 days of aggression and siege, the Entesaf Rights organization held the US and Saudi-led aggression accountable for all crimes and violations against civilians, particularly women and children.

The organization called on the international community, UN organizations, human rights organizations, and humanitarian bodies to assume legal and humanitarian responsibility for the violations and heinous massacres against civilians.

They called on the free people of the world to take effective and positive action to stop the aggression, protect civilians, and form an independent international committee to investigate all crimes committed against the Yemeni people and hold those responsible accountable.