Sana'a University's Law professor Abdul Mumen Shuja Addin stated that Arabic language is blamed for discrimination against woman.

In a workshop organized by the National Commission for Woman (NCW) last Thursday, Dr. Shuja Al-Dean called for abolishing discrimination against woman, hinting that the word male and female must be added to some law materials.

He also considered this procedure easy and it could have a significant impact on abolishing many discriminative terms against women.

Dr. Shuja Addin, who heads amendments team at the NCW warned that the omission of the word female in some law articles is another reason of discrimination against women.

Further, he pointed out that his team cares for making the woman a partner in all political and social aspects.

Praising the NCW chairwoman for partnering professionals to prepare the amendments matrix, Shuja Addin emphasized that his team was trying to come up with an integrated project that does away with all shortcomings of the previous laws concerning woman.

NCW aims to make a women adaptable law that agree with international covenants, hoping to end discrimination against women in Yemen.

In this respect, the NCW team discussed 30 law articles that bear discrimination against women.

Through its project, the committee tried to raise the issue of the national agreement and treaties, including its work for canceling all discrimination forms against women.

The team emphasized that the direct discrimination and negligence practiced against women have mostly resulted in using male style in drafting and legal terminology

As early as 2001, the team discussed 57 law articles and found that five articles bear discrimination against woman in matters relating to civil status and civil registry, nationality, and prisons legislation laws.

In 2005, the team itself found that 10 out of 57 law articles are in disagreement with the international agreements related to discrimination against woman.