Jordanian Women in the Context of Conflict Prevention & Resolution
Jordan has taken several steps towards enhancing and expanding the role of women in peace-building through capacity building of competent gender sensitive cadre in the humanitarianresponse field. Which comes inline with the (2018-2021) Jordanian National Action Plan (JONAP), which aims to advance the implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security […]
Analyzing Women’s Access to Justice
Challenges to women’s access to justice are considered one of the main reasons for the prevalence of economic violence against women. This was made evident by the 4th Perspective paper titled “Analyzing Women’s Access to Justice” which was launched as part of the Arab Renaissance of Democracy and Development (ARDD)’s participation in the National Campaign […]
Between Poverty and Prison: The Challenges of Debt among Vulnerable Women in Jordan
This study was released in ARDDs event on “World Refugee Day, June 20, 2019. This study is part of the project entitled, “Women`s Access to Economic Justice Through Legal Empowerment” Supported by Ford Foundation . The study comes as the last out of three studies the project included: 1/3 Women’s Employment in Jordan: Perspectives to Barriers Facing Syrian […]
YOU HAVE A CHANCE: Rethinking Women’s Economic Empowerment in Jordan
A host of international, governmental and civil society actors in Jordan have all undertaken the difficult challenge of fostering women’s economic empowerment across the Kingdom. Women’s economic empowerment is key to sustainable and inclusive development. When we think of the “economically empowered” women, however, we often envision a woman going to a market and selling […]