Resources

Join our webinar 'Addressing gender-based violence and online violence: community-led initiatives in Somalia and Yemen'

This webinar will highlight the vital role of community-led initiatives in effectively preventing and responding to gender-based violence (GBV), including technology-facilitated online violence. Four women activists from Somalia and Yemen will share their experiences and insights.

International Day of Peace: Building social accountability and civil participation in Yemen

Towards Solidarity: Introducing the Yemen Civil Society Solidarity Fund

What does it look like to fund based on the values of transparency, flexibility and solidarity? Five Yemeni organisations funded by our Yemen Civil Society Solidarity Fund describe their experiences. 

Yemen’s new activism hubs are strengthening women’s voices

On International Women’s Day 2023, activists in Yemen share their experiences of working together to improve gender equality and women’s rights, in our newly established activism hubs in Taiz and Aden.

What if the war in Yemen hadn't happened?

War isn’t the only threat to women’s activism in Yemen 

War isn’t the only threat to women’s activism in Yemen. We spoke to our Yemen Country Manager, Awfa al-Naami, about how women are facing systematic attacks, internet blackouts and restricted freedoms. 

Joint statement: more than 70 people, including women and children, killed overnight in Yemen

Building peace rooted in gender equality: funding for autonomy

In this comment piece, we hear from women’s rights organisations in South Sudan and Yemen about why direct, long-term and flexible funding is essential.

How the EU can better pursue peace in Yemen

Thursday (25 March) marks the sixth anniversary of the conflict in Yemen. A combination of bombs, fighting and starvation has killed at least 233,000 people, according to UN figures, and created the worst humanitarian crisis on earth. As a major donor, the EU can better support civil society actors in Yemen.