1990s: Female literacy in Yemen reaches 26 percent.
Whereas only 3 percent of Yemeni women are literate in 1975, by the early '90s the country's female literacy rate hits 26 percent. Yemeni women share the same right to education as men.
Yemen Country Information
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An overview of Yemen, including its history and its current state
