SCSS aims at 1.To pose right questions about strategic, political and socio-economic issues concerning Yemen and the region. 2.To address issues in a scientific methodology, putting aside the conventional dictates. 3.To review the western theories and concepts that are wrongly applied to the Arab communities, and to come up with theories and concepts appropriate to the analysis of the Arab context. 4.To reconsider the research priorities on the basis of the significance of topics for the government and society. 5.To exploit all available potentialities and skills to contribute to knowledge accumulation. 6.To advocate studies and activities that would help improve education, enhance critical thinking, expunge mistaken concepts and preconceptions from the educational curricula, abolish the conventional methods of teaching and learning, and foster the knack of critical analysis. 7.To take the lead in re-defining relations with others (particularly with the West) through understanding the positive aspects of reciprocal relations and realizing the diversity of the West; and not to deal with all the western states and communities as if they were a single entity. 8.To conduct futuristic studies and prepare projected or perceived scenarios, thereby providing the decision makers in Yemen with pest policy alternative.

- الاهتمام بإبداعات الشباب الإعلاميين و عرضها على المهتمين . - تدريب و تأهيل الشباب إعلاميا . - ايجاد منظمة تجمع الشباب و الفتيات الإعلاميين من مختلف التوجهات تحت سقف واحد بعيدا عن الأحزاب و التنظيمات . - الحفاظ على الموروث الفكري و الثقافي للمحافظة و عرضه على المنظمات المحلية و الدولية. - عمل شراكات تعاون في مجال الإعلام مع منظمات المجتمع المدني المحلية و الدولية .

- promote awareness of human rights, culture and democracy among all segments of society in various research tools and awareness , sharing and definition methods. - raise up levels of freedoms and public rights through advocacy , lobbying, monitoring and the crowd. - mprove the level of women and child and develop the way of dealing with their issues from different aspects. - encourage creative youth initiatives and community.

Objectives: - Monitoring violations against Media freedom and rights. - Advocating media, defending press freedom and rights. - Advancing press freedom and free expression. - Rising awareness of democracy and human rights. - Developing Media and journalists’ profession and skills.

Strength democratic and civic initiative in the Yemen society through Democratic Values, Human Rights principles and Equal Opportunities.

1. إيجاد جيل واعي ومثقف . 2. تنمية قدرات الشباب في كافة المجالات . 3. تعميق مبدأ الولاء الوطني ونبذ التطرف والإرهاب والعصبية القبلية . 4. تعزيز العمل الطوعي في نفوس الشباب . 5. نشر ثقافة الحوار البناء والتسامح والإيثار. 6. تعزيز مفاهيم الديمقراطية وحقوق الإنسان. 7. رفع مستوى الوعي لدى المهمشين والعمل على دمجهم في المجتمع.

respond to civil society needs for supporting, organizational capacity building, and promoting for resources and opportunities. DH provides training and consultation services for individuals and organizations through several training programs which respond to the needs of the civil society and strengthen its role. DH considers itself the first organization which specialized in New Media “Web 2.0” in Yemen.