Gender and Justice in Jordan : Women, Demand, and Access
Two key dimensions on access to justice sector services in Jordan are poverty and gender. The gender dimension to accessing formal justice sector services, namely court and lawyer services is anchored in the reality that women and men in Jordan dem...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18729201/gender-justice-jordan-women-demand-access http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20561 |
| Summary: | Two key dimensions on access to justice
sector services in Jordan are poverty and gender. The gender
dimension to accessing formal justice sector services,
namely court and lawyer services is anchored in the reality
that women and men in Jordan demonstrate different needs and
priorities for services, and face different obstacles in
accessing them. Jordan demonstrates different needs and
priorities for services, and face different obstacles in
accessing them. Understanding these differences has been
considerably enhanced by disaggregation of data from the
statistical survey on the volume of demand for legal aid
(LAS) by gender. This data is complimented by analysis of
the caseload of the Justice Center for Legal Aid (JCLA),
which is arguably Jordan's largest legal aid provider
and whose beneficiaries are predominately women. Justice
sector officials and policy-makers now have better empirical
data to inform reforms aimed at improving service delivery.
This data can also be used to target services to better
support broader objectives of increased economic
participation and agency for women, and shed light on how
the justice sector can impact inclusion and equality.
Enhancing public information and developing self-help (pro
se) representation mechanisms may help in increasing access
to services and make services more financially sustainable.
Such initiatives may prove particularly useful in personal
status cases, where the convergence of justice and gender
dimensions appears the most comprehensive, and perhaps where
greater impact on women's development can be obtained. |
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