Understanding justice systems that developed over millennia before the advent of the state and still operate today is critical to strengthening women’s access to justice. Recognition of the important role of such ‘non-state justice systems’ and their complex linkages with other justice systems has grown in recent times,to the extent that it has been posited as “perhaps the most significant trend in justice reform efforts in the last decade.” Despite this,there remains a dearth of research on the topic in the West Asia – North Africa (WANA) region,including Jordan.