This research was conducted to examine the impact of decision-making empowerment on women's entrepreneurship development in Yemen. Two dimensions of decision-making empowerment were used; economic decision-making and household decision-making empowerment. The results of the correlational analysis show that there is a clear strong positive correlation between decision-making empowerment and women entrepreneurship development. In addition, the two dimensions; economic decision-making, and household decision-making, have a significant relationship with women's entrepreneurship development. It can be concluded that empowering women by allowing them to participate in economic and household decision-making appears to be one of the important factors for developing women's entrepreneurship in particular, which in turn will help reduce poverty as well as achieve economic growth.

The Hadramawt Women for Peace campaign succeeded by establishing mechanisms for managing its messaging and initiatives, through which it was able to bring the attention of officials and decision-makers to bear on the damage caused by the closure of Al-Rayyan International Airport and eastern Al-Dhabba road. Its influence extended still further, contributing to a changing societal perception of the role of women. The team was able to demonstrate that when given the opportunity, women are more than capable of managing political advocacy campaigns, influencing Yemeni society and building peace.

This study aims, through a community-focused approach, to define the concept of peace from the perspective of Yemenis based on their real-life experiences. It also seeks to propose measures that ensure enhancing the role of women in peacebuilding and finding ways to reduce local practices and policies that perpetuate violence and gender inequality.

The study heavily relies on feminist literature that emphasizes the pivotal role of women's daily "hidden" practices - such as childbirth, daily routines, caregiving, meeting basic human needs, negotiating to mitigate inequality, and resolving conflicts - in promoting social cohesion. These aspects have not received the recognition they deserve or have been adequately addressed in previous research.

Throughout five years of war, Yemeni women have engaged in a broad range of activities that contribute to social cohesion and informal peacebuilding in their communities. While they may not always describe their work in such terms, women are already laying foundations for sustainable peace through everyday practices that have the capacity to help transform the landscape of women's rights in the post-war period. Based on interviews and focus groups conducted in the summer and fall of 2019, this Brief reviews variations in women's experience of conflict and participation in everyday peacebuilding in different parts of the country.