AWAM Women on the Frontline The Yemeni organisation Alliance for Womens Rights (AWAM) was established in July 2013 by women activists and academics. The organisation is based in the capital Sanaa and consists of a group of academics, civil society organizations, girls initiatives and local sympathizers that are supported by the UN Office for Women and some independent alliances. At this moment the alliance consistsof 35 members and it is still in the process to build up its internal policy and strategic planning. It wants to be a pressure group to promote the inclusion of a constitutional guarantee for women's rights in the next phase of the National Dialogue Conference inYemen by including an article stipulating a 30 % quota with regard to the political participation of women in the new Constitution that is presently being written up.
The founders of the Alliance are the following CSOs: AWAM Development and Cultural Foundation; Studies and Economic Media Center (SEMC);  the Transparency Center for Studies and Research and the Third Eye Foundation for Information and Development, in addition to many experts, consultants, and activists in women's rights.
According to the Women on the Frontline consultant who visited the Alliance in December 2013, it has the potential to be a pressure group especially because of its goodcommunication capacities and channels with decision makers, members of the National Dialogue Conference womens committee, as well as with officers from several embassies in Sanaa in focusing on initiativesregarding constitutional reform. The Alliances prime focus is on working on womens rights in the new Constitution by the creation of mechanisms for and the standardization of   advocacy for a constitutional article on quota for women. Also, the Alliancesets up volunteers groups consisting of independent women, leaders within and outside of the National Dialogue Conference and male key actors in the Yemeni state.
The secretariat of the Alliance rests with the AWAM Foundation for Development <(>&<)> Culture,an independent and non-profitable organization that was established in 2008 under license (no. 68/148) from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor of Yemen.
The main objective of this project focuses on formal individual and systemic change to ensure that legal reforms, the new Constitution and its implementation are gender sensitive. Through advocacy, campaigning and by working with different stakeholders AWAM will work on promoting womens full participation in civic and political life and on raising the awareness of the general public on the need and benefits of gender equality.
The Alliance formulated the following outcomes for the proposed project period of one year:
1) A legislative study will be carried out on the constitutional articles thatguarantee womens  rights in the new Constitution. This study will provide the input for advocacy,  campaigning and training activities.
2) A study on the implementation of the quota system will be carried that will contain recom-mendations for setting up a new electoral system.
3) The training of 20 women and youth in five Yemeni governorates in order to provide them with the necessary skills to set up advocacy in support to women issues during the transitional period.
4) The establishment ofa network consisting of activists, experts and womens organisations from 5 governorates in Yemen.
5) This network will be working together closely with the Alliance to support the outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference on womens rights during the transitional stage, in order to make  sure that the 30% quota will be implemented in the judicial, legislative and executive realms of the Yemeni state.