Yemen
The media cooperation with Yemen aims to support Yemeni partners in developing tangible development interventions to enhance freedom of expression, access to information and a professional and independent media. Five areas of focus include: Freedom of media and access to information; support to the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate; reforming the curriculum of journalist educations; mid-career training of media professionals and finally professional upgrading of regional radio stations.Archive
- International support for Yemen's struggling media
- Yemeni media in crisis
- Media in turmoil: An assessment of the media sector in Yemen
- Order reigns in Change Square in Sana'a
- Yemeni newspapers brought to their knees
- Yemeni media struggling in escalating conflict
- Fundraising for the survival of independent Yemeni media
- Independent media in Yemen call for help
- Political games and growing unrest in Yemen
- Young people will drive change in Yemen
- Freedom of expression in Yemen - A critical state of Affairs, 2011
- International Partnership concerned over systematic attacks on press freedom in Yemen
- International Partnership mission to Yemen highlights worsening media situation
- Yemen study tour takes a look at public service broadcasting
- Local radio in Yemen struggles to survive
- Rain of bullets closes down newspaper in Yemen
- 'War on terror' challenges media in Yemen
- Closure of newspapers stir debate in Yemen
- Successful journalists' congress in Yemen
- Yemeni journalists raise gender issues
- raising the professional bar in sana
Fundraising for the survival of independent Yemeni media
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In April, IMS reported that independent media in Yemen such as the Yemen Times was on the verge of bankruptcy due to the withdrawal of advertisers following unrest in the country. In response to this, the Danish newspaper Politiken and IMS are raising funds for the survival of the paper
Yemen Times, the only English-language newspaper in Yemen, and the only newspaper in the region with a female editor, faces imminent bankruptcy. Advertising revenue is the greatest source of income for Yemen Times and in line with most of the other countries in the region, the ads are mainly placed by the state. In an interview with International Media Support, the female editor in chief of Yemen Times called for help from the international community to save her paper from closing.
- If we do not obtain the necessary funds here and now, we will not last more than a month, the owner and chief editor of Yemen Times, Nadia Al-Sakkaf, told IMS in an interview in April.
- Because of the recent protests, the number of ads has fallen so dramatically that we have had to halve the number of pages in our newspaper from 16 to eight.
The goal of the fundraising campaign launched by Politiken in cooperation with IMS is to secure the survival of Yemen Times, one of the few, but important voices representing the views in favour of reform.
In Yemen, the young are eager to be heard in the same way as in Egypt, Tunisia and Syria after 30 years of autocratic rule under the current president Saleh, They want reform and a change to be part of decisionmaking about Yemen's future. Half of Yemen's population is under the age of 16 - the lowest in the Arab world.
Read more about Yemen Times and independent Yemeni media's struggle to survive here.
To support Yemen Times through Politiken, please make your deposit into the following account:
Bank transfer:
Registration .numberr. 3100, account number 1111 9999
Online payment:
SMS:
Sms YEMEN to 1231 and donate 100 kr. (+ fees)
The fundraising campaign for Yemen Times begins 9 May and ends on 30 May 2011.
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