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Women take the lead: resolving a 30-year conflict in Yemen In 2020, we supported the National Organisation for Community Development (NODS) to work with communities in Taiz, Yemen to end a 30-year conflict over water distribution. We look at this historic achievement led by women in Sabr al-Mawadem district. This case study is based on a video report of the project (in Arabic), produced by Almushahidnet. Since the 1980s, residents of al-Shaab, al-Adouf, and al-Amiqa villages in Taiz have disputed the distribution of water from the al-Siwari well, which serves over 6,800 people. After the conflict between communities of al-Shaab and al-Adouf escalated in 2011, the issue reached the national government but failed to meet an agreement. Tensions reached boiling point when violence erupted and residents began destroying the 7,200 metre water pipe network connected to the well. Countless litres of water were wasted and communities were without easy access to water for more than eight yea

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