Within the second component of the Sustainable Livelihoods, Professions, and Employment Opportunities in Yemen (SOLVE), YLDF started, Wednesday, March 16, 2022, a Six-day training event targeting 15 young university graduates to increase their job skills.

The program, which aims, in general, to promote self-reliance among girls, women, and vulnerable and displaced persons in conflict-affected areas through livelihoods and economic empowerment intervention, is implemented by the YLDF with the support and funding of the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

The program seeks to achieve two sub-goals, the first: creating new sources of income and economic opportunities for 25 vulnerable and displaced women by developing their abilities and skills, and the second: increasing the functional and life skills required to obtain jobs for 15 young women who have recently graduated from university.

YLDF announced in mid-February that it had launched the program by Ad it on its social sites. Nawal Dubais, Programs manager had talked about what this project would add to women: "The importance of this project lies in linking these women and girls directly to the labor market." She says.

The project includes two target groups; 25 vulnerable and displaced women and 15 university graduates. Target groups will acquire the skills needed to earn income through relevant professional courses and opportunities that include vocational training, entrepreneurship and job training. The project will contribute to involving women in economic and living opportunities to be able to lead a productive life that contributes to the steadfastness and stability of the societies in which they live.

"The girls were chosen through a competition, as the program was announced through a form published on YLDF social networking site," said project coordinator Mohamed Al-Mawiry.

The project aims to create new income and economic opportunities for twenty-five vulnerable and displaced women by developing their capabilities and supporting them to achieve this, as well as increasing the professional and life skills required to obtain jobs for fifteen young graduates, all within the direction of the Foundation Permanent youth leadership development to rehabilitate young women and enhance their self-reliance, specifically in conflict-affected areas through livelihoods and economic empowerment intervention.