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...
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okr-10986-335872021-09-16T17:23:38Z Women's Economic Empowerment in Jordan Ait Ali Slimane, Meriem Lundvall, Jonna Mohindra, Komal Al Abbadi, Shereen Kurshitashvili, Nato Hisou, Ola WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT GENDER GAP SOCIAL NORMS LEGAL FRAMEWORK CARE ECONOMY CHILD CARE ELDERLY CARE FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS ACCESS TO FINANCE TRANSPORT AGRICULTURE LABOR MARKET 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. 2020-04-10T20:23:14Z 2020-04-10T20:23:14Z 2020-04 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/311371586286029516/Womens-Economic-Empowerment-in-Jordan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33587 English MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series;No. 179 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Middle East and North Africa Jordan |
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WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT GENDER GAP SOCIAL NORMS LEGAL FRAMEWORK CARE ECONOMY CHILD CARE ELDERLY CARE FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS ACCESS TO FINANCE TRANSPORT AGRICULTURE LABOR MARKET |
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WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT GENDER GAP SOCIAL NORMS LEGAL FRAMEWORK CARE ECONOMY CHILD CARE ELDERLY CARE FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS ACCESS TO FINANCE TRANSPORT AGRICULTURE LABOR MARKET Ait Ali Slimane, Meriem Lundvall, Jonna Mohindra, Komal Al Abbadi, Shereen Kurshitashvili, Nato Hisou, Ola Women's Economic Empowerment in Jordan |
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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. |
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Ait Ali Slimane, Meriem Lundvall, Jonna Mohindra, Komal Al Abbadi, Shereen Kurshitashvili, Nato Hisou, Ola |
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Ait Ali Slimane, Meriem Lundvall, Jonna Mohindra, Komal Al Abbadi, Shereen Kurshitashvili, Nato Hisou, Ola |
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Ait Ali Slimane, Meriem |
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Women's Economic Empowerment in Jordan |
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Women's Economic Empowerment in Jordan |
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Women's Economic Empowerment in Jordan |
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Women's Economic Empowerment in Jordan |
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Women's Economic Empowerment in Jordan |
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women's economic empowerment in jordan |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2020 |
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