The Shadow Council for Youth gathered more than 5 youth (female and male) from three areas in Jordan Na'our,Madaba and Husban to enforce Article 4,Paragraph A-6 of the Municipalities Law 215,which gives citizens the right to attend and engage in the local council meetings. The role of the youth is to identify the needs in accordance with the annual Local Assessment Guide,and then inform the local administration and network with their local councils. The outcome of the project is to increase the general public’s recognition and support of women in leadership positions.
The initiative contributed to the development of an enabling environment for women's leadership through enhancing local councils’ procedures to provide equal participation of men and women in organizational leadership structures. The targeted local councils became aware of the importance of engaging youth to help support their procedures as well as elected women.