This summary provides a comparison of the laws identified in Jordan country profile with international human rights standards, the recommendations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Violence

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 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 report is a chapter in Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Progress Amid Resistance,published by Freedom House. It provides a history of the women's rights movement in Jordan and

This report is published by Equality Now as an informational component of the organization's broader Campaign to End Sex Discrimination in Nationality and Citizenship Laws. The report aims to show how

This study examines women's changing political participation in Jordan,focusing on the interplay between three major factors: Islam,the state,and feminism. The analytical framework is intended to

This research project aims to explore the intersections of law,citizenship,gender-based discrimination and social reform movements as played out in the case of Egypt’s 24 nationality law reform. It is

This 36-page report documents how Jordan's General Intelligence Department (GID) served as a proxy jailer and interrogator for the CIA from 21 until at least 24. While a handful of countries received