This is the fourth edition report of Equality Now’s ongoing global advocacy campaign to hold governments accountable to the pledge made at the historic UN 4th World Conference on Women (Beijing,1995)
This article and video tell the story of Mohammed Sharaf who does not have the right to work in Jordan because his father is not Jordanian, even though his mother is Jordanian and he was born and
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 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
The Annual Report documents UN Women’s work to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality around the world. It highlights some of the organization’s initiatives during the year and provides
This study carried out by the National Center for Human RIghts in coordination with the United Nations,aims to identify the situation of female Reform and Rehabilitation Center (RCC) inmates. The
This report,published by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA),explores the gender dimension of the popular movements that have swept a number of Arab cities. It begins by