UNDP Yemen

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A civil servant’s call for restored literacy in Yemen

For over 40 years, Intisar, Director General of the Literacy and Adult Education Office and Women Adult Literacy Centre in Lahj, has championed access to…

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June 2025 Fact Sheet - Yemen Food Security Response and Resilience Project (FSRRP)

UNDP’s component of FSRRP improves agricultural production infrastructure and builds climate resilience in partnership with the Social Fund for Development (SFD)…

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Youth are the future in Yemen

In Yemen, young people make up almost thirty percent of the population. Ensuring education and vocational training opportunities are widely available is key to…

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Strengthening local systems for sustainable food security in Yemen

Interventions serve as a model for sustainable agricultural development in a country facing severe food insecurity.

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ERRY Joint Programme Impact Report - From 2016 to 2025

From 2016 to 2025, the Enhanced Rural Resilience in Yemen (ERRY) Joint Programme stood as a transformational model for recovery and resilience in crisis-affected…

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Marking nearly a decade of building community resilience in rural Yemen

For nearly a decade, the Enhanced Rural Resilience in Yemen (ERRY) Joint Programme has provided programming to bolster resilience and build back better in Yemen…

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Press Releases
UNDP and the Netherlands expand partnership to support access to justice in Yemen

Aden, Yemen: 29 June 2025 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) welcomes the generous US$1.8 million contribution from the Kingdom of the Netherlands…

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Women propel local economic development in Marib, Yemen

The SIERY's LED package is supporting governorate and district authorities’ efforts to promote local enterprises, with a particular attention on the sesame value…

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Shared crisis, different impact

Focused on supporting evidence-based policymaking and strengthening institutions, UNDP is engaging communities to build long-term resilience through supporting…

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“A new chapter for us and the sea”: How a Yemeni fishing village is restoring ocean livelihoods

With support from the United Nations Development Programme’s Sustainable Fishery Development in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (SFISH) Project, funded by the World…

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Preserving fresh Yemeni fish with green energy

In the coastal city of Al-Ghaydah, located in Yemen’s Al Mahra Governorate, the Baweizer Ice and Fish Preservation Factory has long been a cornerstone of the…

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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.

3.1

million

Yemenis gained improved access to basic services, almost half of which are women

≈ One

million

Yemenis have access to improved infrastructure

+108

thousands

Yemenis have improved livelihoods and purchasing power through income generations opportunities

≊ 1/2

a million

Yemenis have benefited from powering public facilities with solar energy

300

community members

have been trained in mediation and dispute resolution

536

smallholders

and 173 SMEs have been able to improve their livelihoods and leave behind multi-dimensional poverty through development of quality business plans and provision of grants