Projects

Research Cooperation on Peacebuilding in Yemen

Project Duration

February 2019 – today

This initiative seeks to develop the capacities of Yemeni and international researchers and organizations in researching and advising on peacebuilding in Yemen. Within its framework, an ongoing series of publications, each resulting from a Yemeni-international research partnership, on aspects of peacebuilding in Yemen is developed and published. The initiative is implemented on behalf of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and co-financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union.

Donors: on behalf of GIZ GmbH with co-financing from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union

Team

Dr. Marie-Christine Heinze

Donor(s):

Publications:

09 Report 09.03.2022 (CARPO Sustainablity Series)

The Role of the Environment in Peacebuilding in Yemen
von Bilkis Zabara und Tobias Zumbrägel

This Report addresses the relationship between violent conflict and environmental governance in Yemen. It translates the concept of environmental peacebuilding to the case of Yemen, where it has not received broader attention in terms of …

19 Brief 18.05.2020

The Role of the Private Sector in Peacebuilding in Yemen
by Tarek Barakat, Ali al-Jarbani and Laurent Bonnefoy

This Brief analyzes the state of the private sector in Yemen during the ongoing war and explores its potential to contribute to the country’s peace requirements. It presents challenges entrepreneurs face and the potential contribution of these in …

18 Brief 04.05.2020

The Role of Civil Society in Peacebuilding in Yemen
von Abdulkarim Qassim, Loay Amin, Mareike Transfeld und Ewa Strzelecka

The current political and economic conditions in Yemen make it difficult for CSOs to continue functioning on an effective level, while a lack of human and organizational capacity are hampering project results. Nevertheless, Yemeni CSOs contribute to …

17 Brief 27.04.2020

The Role of Youth in Peacebuilding in Yemen
von Maged al-Kholidy, Yazeed al-Jeddawy und Kate Nevens

Despite its major transformative potential, local level youth work is often overlooked by mainstream international discourses on national level peace processes and violent conflict. This Brief sheds light on young peoples’ activism before and during …

16 Brief 17.04.2020

The Role of the Media in Peacebuilding in Yemen
von Fatima Saleh, Scott Preston and Mareike Transfeld

The increased political capture of the Yemeni media since 2014 has reinforced diverging political discourses and has contributed to polarization across society and to political fragmentation. Practitioners face steep challenges in composing …

14 Brief 27.02.2020

The Role of Women in Peacebuilding in Yemen
von Iman al-Gawfi, Bilkis Zabara and Stacey Philbrick Yadav

Yemeni women are laying foundations for sustainable peace through everyday practices that have the capacity to help transform the landscape of women’s rights in the post-war period. Wider recognition of women’s paid and unpaid work in wartime, and …

06 Report 05.03.2019

Understanding Peace Requirements in Yemen
von Mareike Transfeld & Marie-Christine Heinze

This CARPO Report serves as a background paper to five short studies Yemeni-international researcher tandems will develop in the course of 2019. It places a particular focus on ‘peace requirements’, a term that seeks to draw attention to the …