General Country Information
Capital: Sana'a
Population: 23,495,361 (July 2010 est.)
Form of Government: Presidential Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 1.17 million (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 3.7 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 242 (2009)
Internet users: 370,000 (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.28
World Rank 2005/2006: 128
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Al-Aman for Blind Women Care
P.O. Box 1509
Sana’a
Yemen
http://www.alaman.org.ye
Email: ms_labani@yahoo.com
Tel: +967-1-334005
Fax: +967-1- 334008
Arab Human Rights Foundation - Yemen
Email: raja@ahrf-y.org
Tel: +967-73-507-530
Women with Disabilities Organization Yemen
Email: tahadi1998@hotmail.com
Tel: +967-126-3965
Yemen Society of Blind Cares and Qualifying Blind
P.O. Box 20173
Sana’a
Yemen
Email: blindorg_y@yahoo.com
Tel: +967-1-241719
Fax: +967-1-215461 / +967-1-214139