Dozens of women staged a sit-in outside UN offices in Yemen's capital Tuesday demanding an end to the country's war that has left millions displaced and at risk of famine. Girls and women of all ages carried the red, white and black Yemeni flag as they sang the national anthem, some with their babies wrapped in the flag or sporting nails painted in national colours.
"We are here to speak for the women of Yemen who are calling for peace - true peace, peace for us and our children," read a statement in Arabic distributed by protesters at the sit-in, which is scheduled to last three days. "We watch as our families are rendered homeless, our men are murdered, our homes destroyed and our children's futures are lost before our very eyes," it added.
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