Yemen

Aswan Center for Legal and Social Research and Studies
$30,000
To build the capacity of the "To Be" network of women political activists to advocate for constitutional and legislative reform. Aswan will develop the network's memorandum on priorities and an advocacy action plan, produce and distribute a short documentary film, facilitate the network's meetings with decision makers, organize monthly network meetings, hold four forums to discuss advocacy efforts, and create a website.

Attanweer Social Development Foundation
$60,000
To enable women leaders in Ibb to advocate for local interests and women’s rights. Attanweer will hold a three-day training for 20 women, form two working groups on local community needs, engage citizens to advocate for solutions, form pressure groups on constitutional and legislative women’s rights, and lobby for the inclusion of more women in administrative and leadership positions within political parties and local government.

Center for International Private Enterprise
$167,475
To build consensus and strengthen the voice of the private sector on economic reform priorities and develop a coordinated vision for Yemen's democratic future. CIPE will assist the Studies and Economic Media Center to establish a private sector Economic Vision Task Force to pursue a multi-faceted approach to leverage synergies among all of its local partners and develop linkages between political parties, the business community, and civil society organizations.

Center for International Private Enterprise
$246,279
To raise awareness about the need for economic and political reform and to foster cooperation between civil society organizations and the private sector as advocates to achieve a peaceful and democratic Yemen. CIPE will assist civil society to launch a broad-based dialogue to connect the private sector with a broader circle of stakeholders through regional events aimed at bringing together advocates for sustainable political and economic reform.

Center for International Private Enterprise
$214,146
To foster productive cooperation between political parties and the business community to ensure private sector input in Yemen's National Dialogue, and advocate for political and economic freedoms in Yemen's new constitution. CIPE and the Political Development Forum will conduct a series of roundtables for political party and private sector representatives to reach consensus on economic reform priorities and ensure representative participation in the drafting of Yemen's new constitution.

Center of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
$30,000
To build the capacity of civil society advocates on education reform, and raise education standards. CIHLHR will facilitate two discussion circles on feasible reforms at Taiz University, form a pressure group, train faculty and administrators on transparency and accountability, and hold a one-day seminar for students and faculty on advocacy.

Civil Development Foundation
$70,000
To engage youth activists in civic initiatives on community needs and enhance their ability to coordinate national-level advocacy. CDF will hold five trainings on advocacy, facilitate youth forums in seven provinces to run advocacy campaigns on local issues and national reform, produce a documentary film and two guidebooks on lessons learned, and organize an evaluation meeting in Sanaa.

Democratic Youth Foundation
$27,000
To facilitate dialogue among southern youth on priorities during Yemen's transition and to advocate for an inclusive consultation process for youth in southern Yemen. DYS will organize a dialogue conference in Mukalla for youth activists in seven provinces, draft a charter on youth priorities, hold 14 consultative workshops and meetings, and work with other stakeholders to advocate for southern youth perspectives.

Future Partners Foundation for Development
$25,000
To enable prominent youth activists in Sanaa, Taiz, and Aden to launch dialogue on the principles of transitional justice. PDFD will hold three workshops for 90 youth activists, form a youth initiative to advocate for transitional justice, hold a conference to bring officials and civil society together to launch the initiative, and establish a website.

Human Rights Information and Training Center
$100,000
To develop Yemeni civil society recommendations on constitutional reform and advocate this vision to members of the constitution drafting committee. HRITC will produce two books, hold 12 civic forum meetings, organize a series of consultation sessions between committee members and five international experts on lessons learned from other countries during political transition, maintain a website, and publicize its work widely in the media.

National Forum for Human Rights
$80,000
To build capacity among civil society to monitor human rights violations in Yemen, to advocate for human rights through the media, and to provide legal aid to victims of human rights violations. NFHR will monitor, document, and conduct advocacy on human rights in all 21 provinces, and produce monthly reports and two annual reports on human rights.

National Organization for Developing Society
$70,000
To promote dialogue among clerics and preachers on the role of religious norms as a guarantor for human rights and a democratic state, and to develop a visionary "Civic Charter" for a future democratic order. NODS will organize four dialogue conferences for religious leaders to solicit input and promote consensus on the proposed charter.

Qualification and Legal Assistance for Human Rights
$28,000
To build the capacity of a core group of legal professionals on advocating judicial independence and international human rights norms in judicial processes in Aden, Lahj, and Abyan provinces. QLAHR will hold three workshops for judges, lawyers, and public prosecutors, and form a working group to draft recommendations for judicial reforms.

The National Organization for Defending Rights & Freedom
$24,000
To enhance the organizational capacity of an established human rights organization and to advocate for human rights and provide legal assistance to victims of violations. HOOD will reestablish its offices which were destroyed during the 2011 conflict, enhance its legal assistance services, update its website and database system, and address rights violations during the transition period.

Yemen Parliamentarians Against Corruption
$51,000
To raise public awareness of the rights guaranteed by a democratic constitution, and to build the capacity of Yemeni civil society organizations to facilitate civic dialogue about constitutional priorities. YemenPAC will produce a manual on how to provide input to the constitution drafting process. The manual will serve as a guide for a TOT course and will be distributed throughout the country.

Yemeni Observatory for Human Rights
$56,000
To advocate for state institutions and a constitution compatible with international human rights norms. YOHR will organize a conference to advocate for an independent human rights commission, organize one planning session and three one-day workshops for 40 advisory committee members of the Ministry of Human Rights, continue its human rights monitoring and documentation program in 14 provinces, and produce its seventh annual human rights report.

Youth and Childhood Association
$15,200
To train youth in Hudaydah to monitor and advocate for better government services and to facilitate dialogue between citizens and officials on community needs and priorities. YCA will train activists to monitor and document the provision of public services, organize three meetings where youth will present findings to officials and stakeholders to discuss recommendations, and form follow-up committees to pressure authorities to address recommendations.

Grant descriptions are from the 2012 NED Annual Report..