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Towards enhancing the resilience of women human rights defenders in Yemen to advocate for women’s and children’s rights

  • Country: Yemen
  • Contact person: Hanin Dabbagh, Project manager dabbagh@elbarlament.org
  • Duration of the project: March 2022 to February 2024
  • Project objective: To contribute to enhancing the resilience of women human rights defenders in Yemen to defend human rights, in particular women’s and children’s rights
  • Partners: Peace Track Initiative and TO BE Foundation for Rights and Freedoms
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The project focuses on enhancing the protection of women HRDs, supporting them to have access to international accountability mechanisms and strengthening their skills to document human rights violations.

The aim is to amplify their voices to advocate effectively for women and children rights. Looking at their role within their families and the humanitarian work they have delivered since the war broke out in Yemen, we are convinced that women are impact-multipliers and the target group most able and willing to be the voice of the children and other HRDs defending their rights.

More specifically, here are some of the project outcomes:

– A protection self-referral service guide for Yemeni women HRDs inside and outside Yemen (unfortunately not publicly available)

– Psychosocial support to women HRDs, to help them develop skills to overcome trauma.

– Facilitate the space for women HRDs to advocate for women’s and children’s rights and to engage with national and international accountability mechanisms

– Provide leadership training for women HRDs and various trainings online

– Offer a multi-disciplinary Human Rights course, with various training on Project Management, Digital Safety, Gender &Violence, Advocacy and Campaign management as well as a Human Rights course.

– Provide Human Rights Advocacy Grants for women HRD organisations or initiatives working on advancing women’s and children’s rights

– Provide logistical support for women HRD (organisations and individuals): The 26 women HRDs  are provided with logistical support to cover the cost of  laptops/phones and internet subscriptions (cell data and home internet) for 18 months.

This project is funded by the European Union.

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