UNDP in Yemen

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Securing the Safer: A race against time for the people of Yemen and the Red Sea

An international operation to prevent a major oil spill in the Red Sea has reached a critical juncture. A support vessel has reached the FSO Safer and begun assessing conditions on board to prepare for the transfer of a million barrels of oil off the decaying ship.

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Improving Agricultural Production and Building Climate-Resilient Communities in Yemen

In response to Yemen’s food crisis, (UNDP), with funding from the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA), is working with the Social Fund for Development (SFD) and Public Works Project (PWP) to implement the Food Security Response and Resilience Project (FSRRP) in Yemen.

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ESPECRP factsheet: Improving Food Security Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods for Yemenis

In partnership with UNDP Yemen, ESPECRP is implemented by the Social Fund for Development (SFD), the Public Works Project (PWP), and the Small
and Micro Enterprise Promotion Service (SMEPS).

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2023 Evaluation Excellence Award Winner for Gender-Responsive Evaluations

Yemen: Rebuilding livelihoods and capacities of conflict-affected small-scale fisheries households in Aden and Hadhramout - Final Evaluation

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How Modern Irrigation Techniques are Transforming Yemen's Agriculture Sector

A look at the impact of the SIERY project on World Water Day

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Yemen’s Landmines: Involuntary Displacement and Untold Suffering

In 2022, UNDP’s national partner YEMAC cleared 81,000 explosive devices, including 9,054 anti-vehicle landmines, 861 anti-personnel landmines, and 3,149 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), clearing or reducing the potential risk of mines in around 6.5 million square meters of land

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Rescuing the Henna Sector in Hadramout

The local authorities in the Ghail Bawazir district in Hadhramaut governorate, and its executive offices, have played an instrumental role in rescuing the henna sector – one of the district’s most famous legacies.

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Yemeni Women: Leading into the Future

By: Zena Ali Ahmad, UNDP Yemen Resident Representative

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A Holistic Approach to Addressing Water Resources Challenges in Yemen
Framework Strategy
Strategic Framework: A Holistic Approach to Addressing Water Resources Challenges in Yemen

UNDP worked closely with the Ministry of Water and Environment and the National Water Resource Authority – as well as the authorities in the north and south – to develop a holistic water strategy.

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Improving agricultural lands irrigation through the construction of floods spillways in Abs district, Hajjah. | Photo credit: UNDP Yemen 2022.
Fact Sheet
Combating food insecurity in Yemen: From individual needs to country-level resilience

A World Bank project aims to tackle the conflict-hit country´s most immediate challenge

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Strengthening Institutional and Economic Resilience in Yemen -Factsheet
Fact Sheet
Strengthening Institutional and Economic Resilience in Yemen (SIERY) Factsheet: December 2022

The SIERY project supports the resilience of Yemen's local governance systems and helps enhance the recovery of conflict affected communities.

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UNDP Yemen Paving Death Road in Hajjah
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Paving ‘Death Road’ in Hajjah

The Al-Sirat Road paving project – funded and supported by the World Bank’s IDA in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and implemented by PWP – has alleviated community suffering in Bani-Shahr Sub-District, Koshar.

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Our objective

UNDP acknowledges the desire of Yemenis to live peaceful and dignified lives, not dependent upon foreign assistance. In addition to responding to the most urgent humanitarian needs, UNDP projects are designed to restore livelihoods, strengthen resilience to future challenges, and lay the foundation for long-term development while addressing gender gaps in a country that ranks 155 out of 156 countries in the 2021 World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index.

Our impact

With a community-level focus and working with key implementing partners, UNDP in Yemen aims to restore livelihoods, promote social cohesion, and foster a secure environment to create resilience now and in a post-conflict Yemen. 

Our current priorities are: (a) supporting a peaceful solution and transition; (b) economic recovery and livelihood; (c) restoring key basic services; and (d) empowering women, youth, and vulnerable groups.

2.6

million square meter

cleared mine-contaminated land

8,800

MSMEs (38% women-led)

have received assistance from UNDP (financial and non-financial)

156,000

people (50% are women)

provided with access to renewable energy

130,000

people (50% are women)

with improved access to sanitation and waste management services

22,000

households

with lactating and pregnant women and children under 5 yrs benefited from cash-for-nutrition

+14,600

people (45% are women)

with access basic health and education services

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UNDP Yemen and Gender

 

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UNDP Gender Equality Strategy 2022-2025
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