This article, published in 2015, tells the story of female journalist Rula Amin who was arrested in Amman because of an appeal of an "expedient custody" court decision granted to her. Rula Amin is a

This report addresses all of the articles of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Women’s NGOs in Jordan seized the opportunity of the CEDAW 51

This report describes the challenges (legal,social,personal,and economic) that women face in the Iraqi economy,describes opportunities of women’s employment in the Iraqi economy,provides case studies

This report finds that the greater the representation of women in parliament,the lower the level of corruption and the more honest the government. These findings are consistent with the findings of

The UN Task Force on Violence Against Women in Jordan endeavours to enhance coordination and intensify efforts to address violence against women for a more systematic,comprehensive and sustained

This report discusses the importance of gender and citizenship in Jordan within the context of the centrality of family to Jordanian culture and society. National cohesion,rights and obligations of

This study examines the developments within the contemporary women's movement in Jordan,placing these developments within the mainstream of sociopolitical modernization processes taking place in

This anthology offers twenty studies on instances of emerging social justice and women’s empowerment in the Middle East,North Africa,and South Asia,areas that are home to large populations where women