Yemen’s War Has Devastated the Health of Women and Girls. Midwives and Doctors Are Building a “New Normal.”

Yemen’s War Has Devastated the Health of Women and Girls. Midwives and Doctors Are Building a “New Normal.”

As conflict in Yemen continues into its second decade, midwives and doctors at MedGlobal Yemen are seeing married girls as young as nine years old seeking care. Even before the war, Yemeni families arranged marriages for 12-year-old daughters, said Dr. Wafa Al-Shaibani, the NGO’s country director. While current numbers aren’t available, she said about 30% of marriages before the war began involved girls under 18. “We try to educate people that s…