Cookies and weapons: Women in Yemen’s Taiz find ways to help the city’s defence

Taiz, Yemen – As Houthi fighters tighten their siege on the government-held southwestern Yemeni city of Taiz , women who initially organised food deliveries for soldiers defending the city have begun raising money to buy weapons and ammunition. The initiatives have emerged spontaneously since the resumption of fighting in early September in the western countryside of Taiz governorate, between Saudi-backed forces of the internationally recognised government and the Iran-backed armed group. At first, women volunteers came together to bake cookies for fighters on the front lines.