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PLAN: The United States federal government should increase assistance for Yemeni political parties and organizations to increase womenÕs participation and leadership.

The Saleh government is repressing women in Yemen, increasing rights now guarantees future political success.

Almasmari and  Jamjoom 2011 (Hakim Almasmari and Mohammed Jamjoom, ÒYemeni women: President is degrading usÓ, CNN.com, April 16 http://goo.gl/ysv8D \\stroud)

 

 

 

US support for increased womenÕs representation in Yemeni government is necessary for any future reform.  Only acting now will prevent retrenchment.

IFES 2011 (International Foundation for Electoral Systems, ÒNew Challenges, Opportunities for WomenÕs Political Participation in the Middle EastÓ, August 16, http://goo.gl/08BL0 \\stroud)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supporting women in Yemen is key to other social movements.

Tholen 11 (Minjon Tholen is a Research Intern at the Institute for WomenÕs Policy Research, ÒNow is the Time to Raise WomenÕs Voices in YemenÓ, Institute for WomenÕs Policy Research Blog, August 11, http://goo.gl/vDpZ9 \\stroud)

 

 

 

 

Democracy assistance is necessary to promote effective women candidates.  Only explicit focus on political processes can overcome patriarchal barriers to womenÕs participation.

Sabbagh 5 (Amal Sabbagh is a former Secretary General of the Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW), ÒThe Arab States: Enhancing WomenÕs Political ParticipationÓ Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, http://goo.gl/wuMFq \\stroud)

 

 

 

WomenÕs participation is the death knell for patriarchy in the region.

Sabbagh 5 (Amal Sabbagh is a former Secretary General of the Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW), ÒThe Arab States: Enhancing WomenÕs Political ParticipationÓ Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, http://goo.gl/wuMFq \\stroud)

 

 

 

Frameworks including women in the political process disrupt political masculinity

Karam 5 (Azza Karam is Senior Policy Research Advisor in the Arab Human Development Report Unit of the United Nations Development Programme, ÒConclusionsÓ, Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers, http://goo.gl/7DfsZ \\stroud)

 

 

 

Unchecked patriarchy leads to a nuc holocaust

Reardon 93 [Betty A. Reardon, Director of the Peace Education Program at TeacherÕs College Columbia University, 1993, Women and Peace: Feminist Visions of Global Security]

 

 

 

Systematic discrimination against women in the region corrupts personhood and results in tremendous violence; political access is key to solve.

Hoveyda 2005 (Ambassador Fereydoun Hoveyda is the Middle East project director of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy ÒArab Women and the Future of the Middle EastÓ, American Foreign Policy Interests No. 27,   http://goo.gl/jI8pA \\stroud)

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Systemic discrimination in Yemen enacts horrific violence, political reforms solve.

Amnesty International 9 (ÒYEMENI WOMEN FACE VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATIONÓ, November 25, http://goo.gl/QtRxI \\stroud)

 

 

 

 

 

The current reform push provides the best opportunity to solve for womenÕs participation.

POMED 11 (Project on Middle East Democracy, ÒWomen in the Middle East: Attitudes and Advocacy in an Opening Political SpaceÓ The International Foundation for Electoral Systems, Interaction Forum Notes, August 12, http://goo.gl/xxJZp \\stroud)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Democracy Assistance has led to successes in the past, but backsliding in 2008 reinforces the need for further assistance.

Campbell 10 (Leslie Campbell is senior associate and regional director for the Middle East and north Africa at the National Democratic Institute in the United States, ÒParty-building in the Middle EastÓ, International Journal, Summer, http://goo.gl/YlJU2 \\stroud)

 

 

 

Democracy assistance must be targeted to local conditions to be effective in Yemen.

Sabbagh 5 (Amal Sabbagh is a former Secretary General of the Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW), ÒThe Arab States: Enhancing WomenÕs Political ParticipationÓ Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, http://goo.gl/wuMFq \\stroud)

US support for womenÕs political programs complements the larger womenÕs movement.

Sabbagh 5 (Amal Sabbagh is a former Secretary General of the Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW), ÒThe Arab States: Enhancing WomenÕs Political ParticipationÓ Women in Parliament: Beyond Numbers, International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, http://goo.gl/wuMFq \\stroud)

 

 

 

Debates about the implementation of policies and strategies to improve womenÕs participation in Yemeni politics offers a chance to examine our own political inequalities.

Kennedy-Glans 6 (Donna Kennedy-Glans is the founder and executive director of Bridges Social Development, a Canadian registered charity providing capacity building in Yemen, ÒGender Jihad: Enhancing Female Access in PoliticsÓ, Yemen Online, http://goo.gl/Wll3T  \\stroud)

Debates about women in Yemeni politics allow us to dispel myths about women in politics, leading to real improvements in our thinking about gender and politics

Kennedy-Glans 6 (Donna Kennedy-Glans is the founder and executive director of Bridges Social Development, a Canadian registered charity providing capacity building in Yemen, ÒGender Jihad: Enhancing Female Access in PoliticsÓ, Yemen Online, http://goo.gl/Wll3T  \\stroud)

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