Written by Raghda Butros In addition to the importance of discussing the rights of girls and women in our society, I believe there is also a need to rethink our attitudes towards the Jordanian male. In Jordan’s public school system, boys are transferred to all boys’ schools at age nine where they are suddenly surrounded [...]

Written by LS. From my previous work experiences as a case worker, social work (SW) practices became embedded in my insight as a Jordanian-Palestinian: I came to believe that nothing is more sacred than protection from gender based violence (GBV) and sexual violence (SV). SV is “any sexual act or attempt to obtain a sexual [...]

Written by Hend Fayez Abuenein Amid the growing debate about narrowing the gap between genders and how we’ve climbed up the scale of narrowing gender-discriminating practices, a number of questions emerge about gender related legislation in Jordan. Being members of the Organization of Islamic Conference, we draw our definitions of human rights, from Islamic Shari’a [...]