article_snippet: Yemen is a country where female genital mutilation (FGM) remains an issue, even though Yemen has been officially outlawed.
article_snippet: Despite strict rules that often mean that the only part of a Yemeni woman visible are a pair of hennaed hands, Lafforgue says the same rules are not applied to foreign women who are regarded as 'a third sex' in Yemen. '
article_snippet: foreign women who are regarded as 'a third sex' in Yemen don't have to wear a veil or anything like that, although a veil is appreciated in some places,' Lafforgue says.'They are allowed to do everything, including eating and speaking with men. '
article_snippet: When I walked through Sa'naa with a girl wearing trousers, many Yemeni men came up to me and asked: "Is it a man or a woman?
article_snippet: "' Trousers, unless with a long robe, are not supposed to be worn by women.'
article_snippet: Women living in the huge Hadhramaut province in central Yemen often wear tall hats as extra protection from the sun .
article_snippet: The only adornment visible on most Yemeni women is a pair of hennaed hands .