About 2 million Yemeni children, aged 6-14 years, including 1.4 million females don’t 'go to school, a report by the Shura Human Rights, Freedoms and Civil Society Committee said on Sunday.

The report warned of a possible increase in child trafficking and labor among the dropouts, saying poverty and ignorance of child rights have aggravated the two problems in the last few years.

Titled' the role of the government and civil society organizations in care of children and those deprived from social care in the Yemeni society, the report slammed the acute shortage of information about the children in need of social care.

Most of Yemeni children suffer from malnutrition, chronic wasting disease and stunting, with the mortality rate high particularly among children below five, the report said, pointing out that the child labor is at 11 per cent among those aged between 10-14 years.

Some of the social care organizations and houses help children to become reclusive and limit their social participation at later ages; and this, in turn, affects their social skills and ability to establish long-term social connections, it said.

The report stressed the need for finding alternatives for child care and the organizational care to be the last resort not an easy solution through establishing effective solutions including the substitute family, putting children within relatives' care, contributing to resolving problems of fragile families and harmonizing child care laws with international standards.

About 64 per cent of boys, 6-14 years, joined primary school compared two 37 per cent of girls, while many others don't attend, it said, adding that the educational gap between urban and rural areas was serious throughout Yemen and one of the world's highest at 35 per cent among boys and at 50 per cent among girls.

In rural areas, 69 per cent of boys go to school, while only 13 per cent of females do that, it added.