Women Who Are Journalists in Yemen Persist in the Face of Discrimination
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For Yemeni women violence and spinsterhood can often result from pursuing a career, especially in the field of journalism, so only a few venture into the media industry.
"The most common reason why the majority of Yemeni female journalists were facing no acceptance to getting married is their nature of job that demands them to directly mix and deal with men," said Sumaiah Ali, a journalist at the state-owned Saba News Agency in Yemen's capital Sanaa.
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The European Commission Delegation (ECD) in Yemen has launched the Call for Proposals 2008 under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights.
The call for proposals is only open for local organizations, but international NGOs may act as partners.
Concept notes under this call can be submitted to the Delegation until 26 January 2009.
Projects should have a budget between EUR 20.000 and EUR 250.000 with 20% co-financing.
Actions may have a duration between 6-18 months.
An information meeting will be organized and advertised in local newspapers later this month.
Finally, the U.S presidential competition is over. Obama became the first black president in U.S. history, making many of the world expect a major change in U.S. policy, particularly foreign policy. 
The European Union commission in Sana'a organized several meetings for its Election Observation Mission with political parties, supreme elections committee,NGOs and the other sectors involved
Middle East Partnership Initiative MEPI and Management Systems International has organized a meeting with number of Yemeni human rights and democracy NGOs today in Sana'a. Representatives of the tow organizations discussed with the participants the challenges and the ambitions of the civil society organizations in Yemen and their role to develop the democratic experience process in the country. 
