Abductees’ Mothers Association (AMA) has concluded five dialogue sessions in the city of Taiz, as part of the activities of the project “Protecting Civil and Women’s Spaces and Promoting Women’s Role in the Peace Process”, supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the UN Peace Support Facility (PSF).

During the fifth and final dialogue session, held in Salah District with 12 participants, AMA presented a map of violations against women activists both online and on the ground, discussing their impact on women’s civil and political participation in peacebuilding. Participants explored ways to enhance protection mechanisms for women peace actors. The session also addressed the effects of such violation, ranging from arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, discrimination, blackmail, violence, and death threats, which have contributed to the marginalization of women and hindered their involvement in public life.

The dialogue sessions, held across five districts (Al-Mudhaffar, Al-Qahirah, Al-Shamayatayn, Al-Ma’afer, and Salah), aimed to document violations targeting women activists in digital and physical spaces, analyze the legal, institutional, and social factors fueling these violations, and identify practical mechanisms and solutions to ensure a safe and sustainable environment for women’s empowerment in peacebuilding efforts.

With the participation of 60 individuals, the sessions aimed to achieve strategic objectives that provide a practical framework for intervention and protection of women activists. These objectives included gathering realistic insights into the types of violations reflected in the map of violations, analyzing the root causes through legislative, institutional, and social lenses, and formulating a clear, actionable roadmap that outlines priority initiatives.

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