When they are released from the central prison in Dhamar, Yemen, many women are rejected by their community. The Red Crescent, with the support of the ICRC, provides literacy and handicraft courses to certain detainees in order to facilitate their social reintegration.
The items produced are sold to the outside world, and the women participating in the programme receive all their earnings with the aim of starting a profit-earning activity when they are released. Yemen, 2004.