Conclusion of legal empowerment workshop for legal service providers to vulnerable groups in society

The third workshop for legal empowerment of legal service providers for vulnerable groups in society was concluded in Sanaa today, which is organized by the Yemeni Women's Union in cooperation with the Ministries of Justice and Interior, with funding from the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP). Over a period of five days, the workshop aimed to raise the capabilities, skills, and expertise of 25 judges and jurists from the relevant authorities, including providers of legal support services, in judicial , security institutions, ministries, and civil society organizations to play their role in providing their legal and guidance services to vulnerable groups in society. The recommendations of the participants in the training course, in the presence of the Head of the Data, Information and Statistics Department at the Judicial Inspection Authority, Judge Majed Al-Ansi, and the Chief Relations and Media Specialist at the Ministry of Justice, Dr. Ibrahim Zayed, emphasized the necessity of creating temporar y detention places for women before the issuance of judgments, and providing a shelter for women after serving their sentences, and a female staff in police departments receive the victims. They also stressed the importance of raising the level of economically vulnerable groups to protect them from falling into crime, and intensifying efforts and strengthening relations between the concerned authorities to provide protection for these groups. The recommendations stressed the need to create a unified database for insolvent prisoners, both male and female, between the judicial and law enforcement agencies, and raise specific awareness of issues of violence against women through the media. Source: Yemen News Agency