Rashida al-Qaili

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".[1]

Her campaign was not taken seriously,[2] and success was seen as unlikely, but it gained attention because of Yemen's culture.[3][4][5]

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 2018-05-29.
  3. NPR
  4. "Saba Net - Yemen news agency". sabanews.net. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  5. 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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