[07 October 2008]

HUDEIDAH, Oct. 07 (Saba)- Hodeidah province will launch on Wednesday a workshop on girls education for 35 guides for two days.

In a statement to Saba, director of Religious Endowment and Guidance Office Ghaleb al-Waqedi said that the girls education workshop aims to introduce the participants on the importance of giving women full rights in education which are approved by Islamic Sharia to spread community awareness of these rights.

The workshop is organized by the Office of Religious Endowment and Guidance in Hodeidah province in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Yemen.

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