Giving Yemeni Voices a Platform

Publications June 27, 2023 00:17 MIN Applying Economic Lenses and Local Perspectives to Improve Humanitarian Aid Delivery in Yemen The project looks at humanitarian aid from an economic lens and generates innovative options and mechanisms for the aid-economy intersection from the perspective of maximizing the economic impact of aid, through research based on nuanced conversations between humanitarian, development and economic actors reflective of the ground realities. It emphasises proactive engagement with both Yemeni and international actors and amplifying Yemeni voices and insights. Continue reading Publications November 4, 2021 00:59 MIN Supporting Arab Women at the Table (SAWT) This project aimed to increase women’s inclusion in political and peace processes in the MENA region and their ability to influence their outcomes, establish post-conflict gender egalitarian frameworks, and contribute to the long-term success of post-conflict reconciliation and reconstruction. The project created new venues and mechanisms for cross-regional, intergenerational, cross sectoral exchange as well as coalition-building for the purpose of shared learning and collective action planning. It also created a forum for South-to-North exchange and provided unique opportunities for women from the MENA region to exchange ideas and experiences with key individuals and institutions in the EU. The project focuses on a new generation of women activists and women in peacebuilding outside the traditional sphere of politics and peacemaking in… Continue reading Publications June 10, 2020 00:21 MIN Supporting Broader Inclusion and Participation in the Yemeni Peace Process The project seeks to support an inclusive negotiated solution and contribute to long-term sustainable peace in Yemen by ensuring inclusion of, and support to, key constituencies for peace. The project strives for broader inclusion and participation in decision making processes in Yemen. It supports the efforts made by the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen towards a negotiated solution to the conflict in Yemen. The project is implemented by a consortium formed by Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) and the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies. It is funded by the EU. Continue reading Publications June 1, 2020 00:34 MIN Examining the Impact of Yemen’s Conflicts on Yemeni Minorities This project will produce a series of seven situation reports, each focusing on one minority or marginalized community. In the first stage of the project (2020) these reports will focus on the Baha’i community and the Muhamasheen community. Each policy report will present a history and overview of the community, including its social and economic situation; a gendered analysis of the community’s experience of the war; its access to basic services and/or humanitarian aid; displacement during the war; and fulfilment and violations of the community’s social, political and economic rights. These reports will also explore the impact of discrimination and persecution of these communities, and how this has intensified during the current conflict. The program runs from June 2020 to… Continue reading Publications December 17, 2019 00:14 MIN Yemen Peace Forum The Yemen Peace Forum (YPF) is a sustainable platform for youth, women, and civil society organizations, which seeks to bridge the gap between these groups and national and international decision-makers, allowing them greater influence over decisions about peace and conflict in Yemen. The YPF is a well-tested platform established by the Sana’a Center in 2019. Continue reading Publications July 1, 2019 00:32 MIN The Yemen Review The Yemen Review is a quarterly publication produced by the Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies. Launched in June 2016 as Yemen at the UN, it identifies and assesses contemporary diplomatic, economic, political, military, security, humanitarian, and human rights developments related to Yemen. Each issue has dedicated sections covering major events accompanied by commentaries and analyses on topical issues by the center’s experts and fellows. In producing The Yemen Review, Sana’a Center staff throughout Yemen and around the world gather information, conduct research, and hold private meetings with local, regional, and international stakeholders in order to analyze domestic and international developments that affect the country. This comprehensive quarterly series is designed to provide readers with contextualized insight into the country’s most… Continue reading Publications September 19, 2018 02:50 MIN Strategic Local Peacebuilding in Yemen Project Overview: The Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies and Oxford Research Group (ORG) aim to lay the foundations for more effective peacebuilding efforts while contributing to the country’s eventual political transition, strengthening local capacity, and encouraging more inclusive and strategic dialogue in two of Yemen’s key regions: Marib and Hadramawt. This will mean rethinking long-held assumptions about the nature and form that the peace process should take, and requiring the exploration of new creative models, in order to forge new possibilities for lasting peace. Also, this project seeks to ensure increased understanding of local dynamics and power relations that underlie and have emerged as a result of the current conflict in order to address them and help inform the Office… Continue reading Publications July 29, 2017 00:14 MIN The Yemen Exchange The Yemen Exchange is an intensive online course administered by the Sana’a Center and The Exchange Foundation since 2017. The course is designed to provide unique access to information, perspectives, updates, and analyses on Yemen for those seeking to develop a working background on the country as well as those already thoroughly versed in its dynamics. Continue reading Publications April 13, 2017 00:44 MIN Rethinking Yemen’s Economy This project works to positively influence the agendas of local, national, regional, and international policymakers and engages in economy-related conflict resolution. It also provides a platform for Yemeni businessmen and economists or “Development Champions,” along with women and youth, and engages them in consensus-building on peacebuilding, conflict resolution, stabilization, post-conflict reconstruction, and sustainable development in Yemen. The approach of the Development Champions Forum has been successfully implemented since 2017 and has developed into a well-established brand. The aim of the project is to build and sustain advancement towards inclusive and sustainable development and peace. The project’s approaches include: Establishing and supporting an institutionalized and independent Development Champions Forum (DCF). Strengthening the capacities of the Development Champions, women, and young people… Continue reading Publications April 8, 2017 00:44 MIN Yemen Media Call (YMC) The Yemen Media Call is the Sana’a Center’s online version of the Yemen Media Breakfast that was launched in 2015 in Beirut to increase the quality and depth of international news coverage regarding Yemen and the surrounding region. Due to COVID-19, the Center relaunched the program in September 2020 and changed its name to the Yemen Media Call. These online events offer members of the press corps the rare opportunity to have uncensored conversations with respected and influential Yemeni figures in an informal setting. Featured speakers have included high ranking Yemeni government officials, diplomats, politicians, researchers, economists, historians, tribal leaders, human rights activists, fighters, businessmen, conflict survivors, among others. These talks have been held both on and off the record,… Continue reading