Jordan Country Gender Assessment : Economic Participation, Agency and Access to Justice in Jordan

Over the last three decades Jordan has made substantial investments in its human resources, spending more than 10 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on health and education. Like their male counterparts, women and girls have benefitted from th...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Country Gender Assessment (CGA)
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCESS TO JOBS ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCESS TO SERVICES ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES BUSINESSWOMEN CHILD CUSTODY CHILD HEALTH CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP CIVIL SOCIETY INSTITUTIONS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMMISSION FOR WOMEN COUNTRY GENDER ASSESSMENT COURT COURTS DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DISCRIMINATORY LAWS DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EARLY MARRIAGE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN EDUCATED GROUPS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ENHANCING WOMEN EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL FOOTING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUAL PARTNERS FAMILY FORMATION FAMILY LAW FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY PROTECTION FAMILY PROTECTION LAW FAMILY ROLES FEMALE FEMALE CANDIDATES FEMALE EMPLOYEES FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS FEMALE HEADS FEMALE IMMIGRANTS FEMALE INTENSITY FEMALE LABOR FEMALE LABOR FORCE FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY FEMALE MORTALITY FEMALE WORKERS FEMALES FERTILITY FERTILITY RATES FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS GENDER GENDER ACTION GENDER ANALYSIS GENDER CONCERNS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER FOCAL POINTS GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GENDER IMBALANCES GENDER IMPACT GENDER ISSUES GENDER NEUTRAL GENDER NORMS GENDER PARITY GENDER PERSPECTIVE GENDER POLICY GENDER POLICY DEVELOPMENT GENDER SENSITIVE GENDER SENSITIVE INDICATORS GENDER SPECIFIC GENDER UNIT GENDER UNITS GIRLS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS HEALTH CENTRE HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH SERVICES HIGHLY EDUCATED WOMEN HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN CAPACITY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBANDS IMMIGRANTS IMMUNIZATION INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INHERITANCE INHERITANCE RIGHTS INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION JOB CREATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOB SECURITY LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LACK OF AWARENESS LAND OWNERSHIP LARGE NUMBERS OF WOMEN LEGAL RIGHTS LEGISLATION LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY RATES LIVES OF WOMEN LOW LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LOWER FERTILITY MALE LABOR FORCE MARRIED COUPLES MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNITY BENEFITS MIGRANT NATIONAL AGENDA NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN NATIONAL COMMITTEE NATIONAL COUNCIL NATIONAL POLICIES NATIONAL STRATEGIES NATIONAL STRATEGY NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF WOMEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN OWNERSHIP OF LAND PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN DECISION PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PARTICIPATORY PROCESS PENSIONS PERSONAL LIVES PERSONAL STATUS PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES POLICY DEVELOPMENT POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY ON GENDER POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POOR WOMEN PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY PRIOR TO MARRIAGE PROGRESS PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY PROTECTION OF WOMEN PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC LIFE QUALITY OF LIFE REFUGEES REGULATORY BARRIERS RIGHTS FOR WOMEN RIGHTS OF WOMEN ROLE OF WOMEN SCHOOL CURRICULA SECONDARY EDUCATION SENSITIVE ISSUES SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICES TO WOMEN SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL BARRIERS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PRESSURE SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SPOUSES STAGES OF LIFE STATUS OF WOMEN STEREOTYPED GENDER ROLES STRATEGY FOR WOMEN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY LEVEL TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES VICTIMS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VIRGINITY VULNERABILITY WAGE DISCRIMINATION WDR WOMAN WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS WOMEN EMPLOYEES WOMEN IN SOCIETY WOMEN VICTIMS WORK FORCE WORKFORCE WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING WOMEN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN
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Jordan Country Gender Assessment : Economic Participation, Agency and Access to Justice in Jordan

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