Hundreds of Yemeni women gathered in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday demanding changes from the government. The gathering coincides with the observance of International Women's Day.
[Amad Al Bash, Protester]:
"We are here today to assure that this is the people's revolution, a revolution of the youth, of the Yemeni people. There are men, women, children and sheikhs taking part, all Yemenis."
They denounced the lack of government response to their demands in the past.
[Mona Safwan, Protester]:
"The peaceful struggle through the media and pressed for by human rights organizations, the peaceful sit-ins, they did not bear fruit, and also the peaceful demands and peaceful struggle for this country. Now we join the women because the peaceful means did not work. It must be a revolution."
The women's protest is just one of the many actions in the country. On Tuesday, protests demanding an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year rule spread to a tribal area considered his political stronghold.
Protests fueled by anger over poverty and corruption, as well as a series of defections from Saleh's political and tribal allies, have added pressure on him to step aside this year.
Yemen, neighbor to oil giant Saudi Arabia, was teetering on the brink of failed statehood even before recent protests.
Saleh has struggled to cement a truce with Shi'ite Muslim rebels in the north and curb secessionist rebellion in the south, all while fighting al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing.
Saleh has pledged to stay on until his term ends in 2013.
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