هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى التعرف على واقع المشاركة الفعلية للنساء في النقابات العمالية;; والتعرف على فعالية هذه النقابات. بالإضافة إلى التعرف على أبرز المعوقات التي تحول دون انخراط المرأة في النقابات العمالية وفي لعبها دوراً فعالاً في النقابات. ولتحقيق أهداف الدراسة تم استخدام منهج مختلط لجمع البيانات الكمية والنوعية;; إذ تم تصميم استبانة تتضمن العديد من الأسئلة ذات العلاقة بأهدافها وتوزيعها على عينة صغيرة نسبياً تتكون من 150 سيدة;; وإجراء مقابلات مع العديد من المختصين وعقد جلسات نقاش مركز لخبراء في الموضوع وللعديد من الناشطات النقابيات.

يوجز هذا التقرير أوضاع المرأة الأردنية من خلال جداول احصائية مصنفة حسب النوع الاجتماعي;; ويرصد بشكل مختصر أبرز المنجزات التي تم تحقيقها;; وكما يشير إلى الفجوات الواجب معالجتها.

Jobs are crucial for individual well-being. They provide a livelihood and;; equally important;; a sense of dignity. They are also crucial for collective well-being and economic growth. However;; the rules and the incentives that govern labor markets in MENA countries have led to inefficient and inequitable outcomes on the personal and collective standpoint. Several underlying distortions prevent a more productive use of human capital and have led to a widespread sense of unfairness and exclusion;; of which the Arab Spring was a powerful expression.

This paper examines issues concerning the state's financial contribution to political parties. It argues that the weakness of parties' financial resources limits their ability to engage in political activities and elections. The purpose of this paper is thus to provide a number of options and recommendation to help decision makers form the state's system for financing political parties. It aims to provide suitable financial support for each political party;; encourage the development of political parties in Jordan;; raise the political efficiency of political parties;; develop their organizational structures;; and motivate parties to participate in political life at national and local levels. This paper analyzes the positives and negatives of four financing options and;; based on this analysis;; presents a suggested system to assist decision makers as they design the state's financing mechanism for political parties.

The purpose of this paper is to examine the issues that are limiting the democratic perception of Jordanian university students' political engagement in university life. The paper defines this issue as being directly linked with both students' freedom and representative bodies. It offers a description of the historical and legal backgrounds associated with students' political participation in Jordanian universities;; and examines the core issues associated with students' political participation. This paper also categorizes the various problems that limit students' participation;; including intervention of security offices in student affairs;; the weakness of student clubs;; and the election mechanisms of student elections. This paper also discusses the absence of a student body that unifies various Jordanian universities;; disciplinary regulations;; university violence;; and the inability to students to express their political thoughts within the university.

Accommodating people's growing demands for their inclusion in society;; for respect of their ethnicity;; religion;; and language;; takes more than democracy and equitable growth. Also needed are multicultural policies that recognize differences;; champion diversity and promote cultural freedoms;; so that all people can choose to speak their language;; practice their religion;; and participate in shaping their culture—so that all people can choose to be who they are. In recent years the Human Development Report has argued strongly that this is as much a question of politics as economics—from protecting human rights to deepening democracy. Human development is first and foremost about allowing people to lead the kind of life they choose—and providing them with the tools and opportunities to make those choices. The 2004 Report builds on that analysis;; by carefully examining—and rejecting—claims that cultural differences necessarily lead to social;; economic and political conflict or that inherent cultural rights should supersede political and economic ones. Instead;; it provides a powerful argument for finding ways to “delight in our differences”;; as Archbishop Desmond Tutu has put it. It also offers some concrete ideas on what it means in practice to build and manage the politics of identity and culture in a manner consistent with the bedrock principles of human development.

هدفت الدراسة التعرف إلى العوامل الاقتصادية والاجتماعية والثقافية والديموغرافية والسياسية والتشريعية المؤثرة في فوز المرأة في الانتخابات النيابية والبلدية. ومدى استخدام وسائل الإعلام والاتصال في الحملة الانتخابية من جهة;; ودعم وسائل الإعلام للمرشحات في الانتخابات من جهة أخرى. وتم استخدام المنهج الوصفي (النوعي والكمي) المتسقان مع أهداف الدراسة.

ويوثق "إقصاء المنتقدين" كيف تزايد استخدام المحافظين لهذا القانون في رفض غالبية الطلبات الخاصة بتنظيم مظاهرات;; من التي يتقدم بها أشخاص يُعتبرون منتقدين للحكومة;; مثل الطلبات التي تم التقدم بها في يونيو/حزيران 2007 بتنظيم مظاهرة ضد الممارسات الإسرائيلية في الأراضي الفلسطينية المحتلة. كما رفضت الحكومة طلبات سابقة بتنظيم مظاهرات ضد الممارسات الأميركية في العراق وللاحتجاج ضد رفع الحكومة الأردنية لأسعار الوقود. ويوضح التقرير أيضاً كم تمادت السلطات حتى إنها حظرت على منظمات المجتمع المدني الاجتماع في أماكن مؤجرة;; لنقاش مجريات عمل تحالف مراقبة الانتخابات على سبيل المثال.