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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Main Author:	Prettitore, Paul Scott
Format:	Brief
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCESS TO SERVICES ALIMONY CHILD CUSTODY CIVIL LAW COUNTRY GENDER ASSESSMENT COURT COURTS CRIME CRIMES CRIMINAL DIVORCE DIVORCED WOMEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FAMILY LAW FEMALE GENDER GENDER DIMENSION GENDER DIMENSIONS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER PARITY INHERITANCE JUSTICE LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LEGAL AID LITERACY MARRIED WOMEN PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PERSONAL STATUS POOR WOMEN SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL VIOLENCE SHARIA SPECIALIST WILL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18729201/gender-justice-jordan-women-demand-access http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20561

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spelling	okr-10986-205612021-04-23T14:03:56Z Gender and Justice in Jordan : Women, Demand, and Access Prettitore, Paul Scott ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCESS TO SERVICES ALIMONY CHILD CUSTODY CIVIL LAW COUNTRY GENDER ASSESSMENT COURT COURTS CRIME CRIMES CRIMINAL DIVORCE DIVORCED WOMEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FAMILY LAW FEMALE GENDER GENDER DIMENSION GENDER DIMENSIONS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER PARITY INHERITANCE JUSTICE LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LEGAL AID LITERACY MARRIED WOMEN PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PERSONAL STATUS POOR WOMEN SEXUAL ABUSE SEXUAL VIOLENCE SHARIA SPECIALIST WILL 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. 2014-11-19T17:28:26Z 2014-11-19T17:28:26Z 2013-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18729201/gender-justice-jordan-women-demand-access http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20561 English en_US MENA knowledge and learning quick notes series;no. 107 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Jordan
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description	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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title	Gender and Justice in Jordan : Women, Demand, and Access
title_short	Gender and Justice in Jordan : Women, Demand, and Access
title_full	Gender and Justice in Jordan : Women, Demand, and Access
title_fullStr	Gender and Justice in Jordan : Women, Demand, and Access
title_full_unstemmed	Gender and Justice in Jordan : Women, Demand, and Access
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18729201/gender-justice-jordan-women-demand-access http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20561
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Gender and Justice in Jordan : Women, Demand, and Access

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