Women's Economic Empowerment in Jordan
The Government of Jordan has strengthened its commitment in recent years to gender equality and women's social and economic empowerment through Jordan's Renaissance Plan 2019-2020 and more recently through the preparation of the Women...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/311371586286029516/Womens-Economic-Empowerment-in-Jordan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33587 |
| Summary: | The Government of Jordan has
strengthened its commitment in recent years to gender
equality and women's social and economic empowerment
through Jordan's Renaissance Plan 2019-2020 and more
recently through the preparation of the Women's
Economic Empowerment Action Plan under the Mashreq Gender
Facility. Furthermore, the Jordan National Commission for
Women is coordinating the development of the National
Women's Strategy, encompassing the government's
vision of women's empowerment and the national plans
that address different areas of gender equality. The note
touches on societal and household level issues such as
existing social norms; the enabling environment provided by
the legal framework; specific constraints to women's
economic activity that are pronounced in the Jordan context
such as access to care provisions and transport; access to
entrepreneurship and finance, with a focus on
technology-enabled services; and what may be considered to
attract more Jordanian women in the rural areas to engage in
employment in the agriculture sector. Given the saturation
of the public sector in terms of employment, the focus is
specifically on areas in which the private sector may play a
leading role. |
|---|