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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.
25 March 2021
This episode delves into the history of the UK leadership on the arms trade, including its role in developing the Arms Trade Treaty. It goes on to discuss the devastating impact of arms sales to Saudi Arabia on the people of Yemen.
18 March 2021
In 2020, we supported the National Organisation for Community Development (NODS) to work with communities in Taiz, Yemen to end a 30-year conflict over water distribution. We look at this historic achievement led by women in Sabr al-Mawadem district.
4 February 2021
This blog marks the start of our 'This is How' campaign. We explore what a gender-sensitive conflict analysis is, how does it really benefit peacebuilding work and look at how Saferworld has worked with it in practice in Yemen and South Sudan.
6 November 2020
Saferworld and the National Organisation for Development (NODS) in Yemen send their deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Awad Mahyoub Saif, a community action group member in al-Hrazieh, Taiz.
5 November 2020
In the last of our gender and COVID-19 blog series, Noura from the National Organisation of Development (NODS) and Sharooq from Improve Your Society Organisation (IYSO) tell us about how the pandemic has impacted women in Yemen and using WhatsApp to unite peacebuilders.
27 October 2020
Meet Aida Muhammad Ahmad Sultan, an activist and organiser in Taiz, Yemen, who after joining a peacebuilding project in her neighbourhood went on to create a new collective, Aswar Initiative for Peace and Development, inspired by the changes she saw.
30 September 2020
In June 2020, our Yemeni partner Alf Ba Civilization and Coexistence Foundation celebrated its 8th year in action. Below are exerts from statements by those working with Alf Ba who look back on how it all first started and the larger role of civil society.
27 July 2020
The UK has doubled-down on its long-held position as one of the main suppliers of fighter aircraft and bombs for Saudi Arabia’s catastrophic war in Yemen, declaring at the end of a review into its arms export processes that Saudi violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) are not systematic enough to merit restraint.
8 July 2020
Amidst war and instability, the spread of diseases and the increasing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic, we send a message of solidarity to our defiant partners in Yemen living and working in challenging conditions.
25 June 2020