Gamilah Ghaleb Al-Sharai of Yemen

Americans for UNFPA was pleased to honor Gamilah Ghaleb Al-Sharai with our International Award for the Health and Dignity of Women in 2006 for her tireless efforts to provide access to health care, particularly family planning, to the women of Yemen.

For fifteen years, Mrs. Ghaleb Al-Sharai has directed the Yemen Family Care Association (YFCA). Much of her work is directed to areas where illiteracy is high and misconceptions about family planning prevail. In Yemen, women suffer extremely high rates of maternal mortality that care and education could prevent. Hers was the first non-government agency in the country to receive funding from UNFPA, and Mrs. Ghaleb Al-Sharai used the money to open new branches, train workers, and create mobile clinics.

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• Yemen
• middle
• east
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• united
• nations
• women's
• health
• girls
• education

[moekassem]

very nice vedio

[ahmd1960]

very nice video

[YafaiGirl]

Wow. She's awesome. And brave.

Great video.

[yemenreform]

very nice video

thank you for sharing