Yemen

Al-Amal Association
$35,000
To build the capacity of Akhdam activists to conduct human rights monitoring and advocacy. Al-Amal will train 15 activists on human rights monitoring, documenta­tion, advocacy and communication skills in Taiz. Al-Amal will launch a network among members of parliament to advocate for Akhdam rights, and publish an annual report on the conditions of the Akhdam.

Altagheer.Net
$34,700
To provide an independent news source on politics, economics, and human rights in Yemen, and to provide a forum for diverse viewpoints. Altagheer.net will expand its website, feature opinion pieces from a variety of viewpoints on Yemeni current affairs, and hold two skill-building semi­nars for 100 young Yemeni journalists.

Aswan Center for Research and Study
$26,200
To empower Yemeni women active in politi­cal parties with leadership and advocacy skills. Aswan will hold two workshops in Sana’a to train 20 Yemeni women from five provinces who are active in political parties on leadership, advocacy, strategic planning, and networking skills. The women will es­tablish a network to press political parties to support women’s political participation and advocate for women’s policy priorities.

Center for International Private Enterprise
$148,322
To strengthen the capacity of Yemeni politi­cal parties to develop economic platforms. The Political Development Forum will conduct economic platform development training for political parties at the local level in four governorates, continue the national multi-party dialogue with five issue task forces, form a campaign advisory board to provide parties with nonpartisan expert research and analysis, and convene a sec­ond national economic reform roundtable.

Center for International Private Enterprise
$202,296

To empower youth to lead anti-corruption awareness-raising efforts in Yemen in order to engage a diverse group of stakeholders in democratic dialogue. CIPE will distribute its anti-corruption film for Yemen, and work with Democ­racy School to enable 300 youth lead­ers in 10 governorates to facilitate film screenings and discussion groups and raise awareness about the impact of corruption on development in Yemen.

Center for International Private Enterprise
$157,000
To raise awareness and increase dialogue within the public sector about the economic and political costs of corruption to Yemen and develop the government’s capacity to combat corruption. CIPE will distribute its anti-corruption film, and work with HRITC to conduct a training-of-trainers course for 20 trainers from the Yemen Police Academy and run 30 awareness-raising workshops on corruption with 900 employ­ees of passport and registration agencies.

Civic Democratic Initiatives Support Foundation
$20,000
To strengthen women’s political par­ticipation at the local level. CDISF will work with women shadow committees to advocate women’s priorities with local government in three Yemeni governor­ates, train women candidates and their staff on campaigning skills, and build public awareness on the importance of women’s political participation through 30 com­munity meetings and 150 radio spots.

Civil Development Foundation
$32,900
To enhance youth engagement in Yemen’s political reform and decentralization efforts. CDF will train 175 youth in five provinces on leadership skills, the function of local councils, and the role of citizens in moni­toring councils’ performance. CDF will help youth leaders meet officials to discuss local problems and present recommendations on how to improve services in their provinces.

Democratic Youth Society
$25,400
To train a cadre of youth human rights trainers and monitors. DYS will train 20 youth activists from Hadramawt and Shab­wa on human rights principles, monitoring and documentation. Trainees will teach their skills to others and write quarterly hu­man rights reports for a website dedicated to human rights in the two provinces.

Hewar Foundation for Democratic Development
$18,000
To raise awareness of democratic ideas among Yemeni youth and promote their ac­tive engagement in political issues. Hewar will conduct a series of monthly seminars and online dialogues for 240 youth on democracy and human rights topics.

Madar Legal Foundation
$24,000
To train Yemeni lawyers on how to use international conventions in Yemeni courts and advance women’s rights in personal status matters. Madar Legal Foundation will hold eight seminars on international law for 320 lawyers in Sana’a, Aden, Taiz, and Al-Hudaida and follow up with four mock trials and three legal research papers on personal status issues in Yemen.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
$150,000
To build the capacity of civil society organizations in Yemen to identify specific issues, research solutions and to advocate for passage of new legislation or effec­tive implementation of existing legisla­tion. NDI will assist CSOs in prioritizing issues, researching and formulating policy recommendations, establishing relation­ships with key decision makers in parlia­ment, and developing advocacy strategies.

National Forum for Human Rights
$32,300
To build the capacity of local civil soci­ety to monitor human rights violations in ten provinces in Yemen. NFHR will train human rights activists from ten provinces on human rights monitoring, coordinate their visits to detention facili­ties, and compile their monthly reports in an annual report on human rights.

National Organization for Developing Society
$80,200
To educate religious preachers and profes­sors at Shari’a and Islamic studies faculties on the compatibility of Islam, democracy, and human rights. NODS will train 30 Shari’a and Islamic studies professors from five universities on democracy and human rights and expand its training course to 120 male and female religious preachers in four provinces: Saada, Sana’a, Mahra and Jawf.

Tamkeen Foundation for Rural Youth
$30,000
To raise awareness of human rights and democratic principles among youth in rural areas. Tamkeen will expand its educational program to 16 high schools in Marib, Amran, Abyan, and Shabwa provinces using a guidebook and three films prepared during last year’s project.

Women Journalists Without Chains
$55,000
To promote the use of new media to document human rights violations. WJWC will train 20 activists to use new media to document human rights viola­tions, help activists post their own videos and blogs on its website, and produce a documentary film on the exceptional court for journalists and a television program on freedom of expression in Yemen.

Yemen Foundation for Social Studies
$28,300
To raise awareness of women’s rights among community organizations in rural areas, and build the capacity of these organizations to conduct women’s em­powerment activities. YFSS will hold two courses in six provinces for 60 orga­nizations, focusing on women’s rights issues and institutional capacity build­ing. YFSS will encourage participants to incorporate women’s issues into their activities and sign code of conduct outlin­ing future steps to orient their policies towards promoting women’s rights.

Yemen Parliamentarians against Corruption
$31,500
To promote amendments to two Yemeni laws that will increase transparency and reduce corruption. YemenPAC will confer with experts and develop draft amend­ments for laws concerning state-owned properties and auditing procedures. YemenPAC will hold four workshops to mobilize support for the proposed amendments among members of par­liament, civil society and the media.

Yemeni Observatory for Human Rights
$40,000
To monitor and document violations of human rights in Yemen. YOHR will conduct a yearlong monitoring pro­gram in 14 provinces using trained field observers and staff at headquarters. It will compile and publish its sixth annual human rights report and provide legal aid to victims of human rights violations.

Youth Leadership Development Foundation
$60,200
To empower youth activists to advocate for human rights. YLDF will conduct a three week human rights training program for 42 youth from all of Yemen’s provinces. YLDF will conduct advanced advocacy training for 15 members of the Youth for Human Rights Forum to work with new youth trainees to design and implement human rights advocacy campaigns in their provinces.

The grant listings posted here are from the 2010 Annual Report, published in August 2011.