Yemen

Revised: Search for Common Ground’s Global Strategy Young people can play a crucial role in conflict resolution. Building on the EU’s support to the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agenda, this practical and concise guide clearly sets out how young people can make a difference to peace mediation processes. It also provides inspiration to the European Parliament’s Young Political Leaders programme, a beacon of the European Parliament’s deep commitment to the YPS agenda. This entry was posted in Africa, Publications and tagged Central African Republic, Children & Youth, Mediation, South Sudan, Yemen on March 20, 2023.

Common Ground Approach: Summary Young people can play a crucial role in conflict resolution. Building on the EU’s support to the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agenda, this practical and concise guide clearly sets out how young people can make a difference to peace mediation processes. It also provides inspiration to the European Parliament’s Young Political Leaders programme, a beacon of the European Parliament’s deep commitment to the YPS agenda. This entry was posted in Africa, Publications and tagged Central African Republic, Children & Youth, Mediation, South Sudan, Yemen on March 15, 2023.

YOUTH INCLUSIVE GUIDE TO PEACE MEDIATION Young people can play a crucial role in conflict resolution. Building on the EU’s support to the Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) agenda, this practical and concise guide clearly sets out how young people can make a difference to peace mediation processes. It also provides inspiration to the European Parliament’s Young Political Leaders programme, a beacon of the European Parliament’s deep commitment to the YPS agenda. This entry was posted in Africa, Publications and tagged Central African Republic, Children & Youth, Mediation, South Sudan, Yemen on February 7, 2023.

2021: A Year in Review in Yemen The crisis in Yemen has inexorably deepened, with over 20.1 million people in immediate need of humanitarian assistance to survive. Over four million people, including two million children, continue to be internally displaced, with over 400,000 families migrating or seeking asylum to avoid living in extreme precarity. The socio-economic breakdown is further eroding the resilience of the population which has come to rely more and more on humanitarian relief. In this context, the limited progress of the peace process dampens hopes for a resolution to this decade long predicament. This entry was posted in MENA, Reports and tagged Featured, Yemen, Yemen Reports on March 29, 2022.

Thuraya’s Story: From Internally Displaced to an Insider Mediator Yemen’s humanitarian crisis has contributed to the internal displacement of an estimated 4 million people, making it the fourth-largest population of internally displaced persons (IDPs), in the world. The ongoing war has notably created a gap in the social structure between IDPs and their host communities. Internally displaced […] This entry was posted in MENA, Projects and tagged Yemen, Yemen Projects on October 21, 2021.

Community Mediation in Action: Improving Access for Humanitarian Aid How a local conflict in Lahj, Yemen, which threatened to block access for aid actors was resolved through inclusive and participatory mediation. This entry was posted in MENA and tagged Latest News, Yemen, Yemen Projects on August 29, 2021.

Search-Yemen Community Dialogue Approach Developed by Search for Common Ground in Yemen in 2015, the Community Dialogue Approach (CDA) is a form of local-level mediation which places community members at the heart of dialogue to resolve local conflicts. By engaging local stakeholders directly, peacebuilding skills are rooted within local populations and genuine concerns are tangibly addressed. The CDA model seeks to build pockets of stability and resilience at the local level. With the national peace process in Yemen still ongoing, the CDA empowers communities to build peace from the ground up, in the midst of conflict. This entry was posted in MENA, Reports and tagged Yemen, Yemen Reports on August 20, 2021.