"It's Sisterhood": Salt Offers "Only Source Of Income" For Yemen's Women

Yemen: Employment is so scarce in Yemen that the women work in rotation to allow more people to benefit.

Scooping up handfuls of white crystals from coastal pools, a group of women in Yemen harvest salt -- a traditional industry proving to be a lifeline after seven years of war.

Zakiya Obeid is one among nearly 500 women who work in the industry in a village overlooking the Gulf of Aden, on Yemen's southern coast.

"We cooperate and take shifts because it is a sisterhood and we know each others' difficult circumstances," Obeid told AFP.

Employment is so scarce that the women work in rotation to allow more people to benefit. She said the women are divided into two groups, with each working for 15 days while the others rest.