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

In the government-controlled city of Taiz in southwestern Yemen, women who initially mobilized to prepare food for soldiers defending against an advancing Houthi siege have turned to raising funds for weapons and ammunition. These grass-roots efforts emerged following the outbreak of renewed combat in early September across the western countryside of Taiz governorate, pitting Saudi-backed government forces against the Iran-aligned Houthi