JONAF raises reservations vis-à-vis amendment to the Companies Law No. 35 of 2010
Issuing a statement, the Jordan National NGOs Forum (JONAF) expressed reservations about an article in the amendments of Companies Law No. 35 of 2010. At a time when the Jordanian government seeks to secure for the civil society organizations an environment that enables them to practice their work within the local and international legal framework, […]
Localizing Gender Agendas Position Paper
Local organizations’ agency must be strengthened if local communities’ needs are to be met The Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) has launched a position paper, titled “Localizing the Gender Agendas”, calling on the local organizations to strive to reach decision-making positions at all levels and to set their priorities in their agendas in […]
How Women-led Civil Society Organizations Empowered Vulnerable Women During Covid-19 Pandemic: the Indebtedness of Women in Jordan
Indebtedness is one of the main factors that impact women’s economic empowerment in Jordan. Women in Jordan have one of the lowest labor participation rates in the world, double-digit unemployment rates reaching over 30%, and since they hold lower financial inclusion rates than men, they are more likely to be indebted. The COVID-19 crisis has […]
A policy brief calling for enabling social and political participation of Palestinian refugee youth in the MENA region
The brief calls for efforts to be exerted to enable the participation of Palestinian refugee youth in public governance within their communities, beyond traditional civic engagement approaches. Only by doing so can risks posed by general frustration, socio-political disengagement, and low levels of trust in institutions be avoided. The Policy Brief is based on Al […]
Decisions and measures taken by the Jordanian Government to respond to the COVID-19 health crisis (24/3/2020-30/4/2020)
This paper is part of a series that summarises the decisions and measures taken by various sectors of the Jordanian government in the face of the COVID-19 health crisis. This is the second summary that compiles and documents the decisions and actions taken by Jordanian officials, this time in the 24/3/2020-30/4/2020 period, with the aim of […]
Legal Paper on children’s rights draft bill for 2020 in Jordan
The Convention on the Rights of the Child, one of the most important documents concerning children, was adopted in 1989, after the UN General Assembly approved making it into international law. It entered into force in 1990, having been ratified by most United Nations member states and is an international charter outlining children’s civil, political, […]
Legal Paper:New Procedures Home Based Businesses Professional Practice License For Syrians in Jordan
This paper addresses the recently amendments issued on the procedures of 2017 , which allows the practice of certain home-based professions, and their impact on Syrian women refugees’ economic participation and empowerment, the paper also discusses the summary of the development of these instructions, and how it affects Syrian refugees. It also clarifies the conditions of […]
Legal Paper: Non-Jordanian Work Permit’s Fee Regulation
In this paper we discuss the legal situation of migrant workers in Jordan, whose numbers has increased significantly in the last ten years, prompting the authorities to find legislative and regulatory solutions that seek to balance the situation of local and expatriate workers. The analysis below highlights the different stages the work permit Non-Jordanian Work Permit’s […]
Gendering decision-making in mobility and insecurity; the necessity for including Syrian women and girls in discussions on potential return
As part of its perspectives series, and after the paper “Jordanian youth and their decision-making processes regarding their futures”, in which Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) addressed the phenomenon of increasing out-migration of Jordanian youth, and the second paper entitled “Regional Responses regarding the Integration of Europe’s Recently Arrived Arab Diaspora/Shataat” addressing the […]
Regional Responses regarding the Integration of Europe’s Recently Arrived Arab Diaspora/Shataat
In this paper we address the potential for civil society organizations (CSOs) from the MENA-region to positively contribute to discussions in Europe about the most recently arrived Arab diaspora, or shataat. We explore if, and how, lessons learned from this region with regard to hospitality and refugee hosting can be of use for governmental and […]