Women's participation as candidates in the 2016 elections
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Through the project of "Gender Mainstreaming the Jordanian Parliament Research Center - House of Representatives," which is implemented by the Information and Research Center - King Hussein Foundation in cooperation with the Jordanian Parliament Research Center - The House of Representatives and with funding from the Netherlands embassy. This project aims to enhance the gender balance in Jordan by incorporating the position of women in the policy making process through gender mainstreaming the Jordanian Parliament’s Research Center, that aims to provide MPs with independent, empirical evidence and representative information and background on legislations and policies in Jordan, one of the project's activities is to analyze women's participation in the 2016’s elections as a candidate, and to what extent the election programs paid attention to the various women's issues.