Resonate! Yemen In this project Yemeni counterpart Resonate! Yemen serves as the legal umbrella for the activities  the Yemeni organisation SupportYemen will carry out within the framework of the Women on the Frontline Programme (HIVOS leads the consortium involved in the implementation of this programme approved by BUZA/DGIS).
The Women on the Frontline programme is one of the initiatives that aims to support womens rights in the MENA region within the ongoing transitions. The programme considers this to be crucial in preventing regression of acquired rights and promoting the improvement of rights for women. This Programme is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Overall objective of the Programme: To contribute to the full and equal participation of women in transforming societiesin the Middle East and North Africa (Syria, Libya, Iraq, Bahrein, Tunisia, Yemen <(>&<)> Egypt). Long term programme objectives:
1 . Womens organisations / womens focussed initiatives address the need for gender equality in constitution, legislation and policies and demand for their implementation.
2. Womens organisations / womens focussed initiatives advocate for increased representationof women in decision making processes.polic
3. Womens organisations / womens focussed initiatives contribute to the public debateon gender equality and womens participation in political and civic processes.
The programme offers longer term investment in building the capacities of emerging local womens organisations and womens focussedinitiatives to contribute to gender equality and womens empowerment in the transition phases. Additionally, the Programme also offers an opportunity to demonstrate womens perseveranceand leadership in upholding the Universal Declaration of Human rights, CEDAW and other international conventions.
The Programme therefore offers capacity building support in the areas of:
1. Organisational development: broad organisational and content capacity building
2. Developing legal skills and knowledge to demandfor and contribute to gender sensitive constitutional, legal and policy reform.
3. Developing skills and knowledge to demand for and contribute to full and equal participation in political and civic processes.
4. Undertaking civic education and awarenessraising initiatives to promote and practice gender equality.
The main implementing partners of the programme are Hivos, Price Waterhouse Coopers and Oxfam Novib. The countries where this program will be implemented are: Syria, Libya, Iraq, Bahrein (HIVOS); Tunisia, Yemen <(>&<)> Egypt (Oxfam Novib).

The Yemeni organisation Support Yemen is a non profit media collective initiative that loosely began during Yemens uprising in 2011. In September 2011 it consolidated to a more formalized structure in responseto the reactions and calls for armed resistance by some people. Since then, Support Yemen has been engaged in using Arabic and English videos to disseminate and highlight under-told and under-heard struggles.
Support Yemen is made upof young Yemeni female and male organizers, activists, journalists, videographers, photographers, and bloggers who are passionate about using creative communication strategies as a tool for social change. The work is guided by the collective vision and goals of the community to build a free and just world.
Thus far, the collective has functioned solely on volunteerism and stresses inclusiveness of people from all backgrounds, ages and skill levels.
Support Yemen is in the process to obtain their registration but for nowResonate! Yemen agreed to fiscally sponsor us, meaning they are willing to be the umbrella organization and take financial responsibility (accept the grant on our behalf and help with accounting support).

Support Yemen will carry out the following activities:
By February 2015 Support Yemen will have developed a comprehensive advocacy strategy to ensure a bread and effective dissemination of themessages in the videos.
By September 2015 Support Yemen will have produced and aired four videos in and outside Sanaa.
 First video will address women in the informal sector e.g. farming, fishing and small industries joining unions.
 Second video will address the lack of basic needs for women by highlighting the lack of basic services such as health institutions and school in many villagesthroughout the country
 Third video will incorporate the previous messages of the videos in order to address constitutional changes needed regarding womens citizenship, political and economic rights through womens eyes.
 Fourth video will focus on an area (possible Harad) where government and international aid has been poured in, and will dedicate it to ask women in these areas, if they know about the projects in these areas?
By September 2015, a final screeningwill have been held in Sanaa showing the four videos to the Constitutional Committee.