| Country: |
Jordan |
|
Organization: |
Nour Al Hussein Foundation (NHF) |
| Address: |
P.O. Box 926687
Amman 11110
Jordan |
| Tel: |
(962-6) 560 7460 |
| Fax: |
(962-6) 560 6994 |
| E-mail: |
nhf@nic.net.jo |
| Coverage: |
Twenty Villages throughout Jordan; eight Women’s Cooperatives. |
| Objectives: |
1. Raising awareness on gender equity, equality and rights;
2. Empowering young women through leadership training and by building their capacity to ensure their active participation in the community;
3. Ensuring opportunities for economic participation by providing training and loans;
4. Promoting male support for women’s participation and empowerment. |
| Approach: |
Raising Awareness; advocacy; training; development programs. |
| Intervention Sectors: |
Education: Vocational training; literacy programs; school drop-outs.
Employment: Micro credit schemes; cooperatives & income generating projects; career orientation.
Health: Family planning; nutrition education; sexual & reproductive health; prenatal health; HIV-AIDS;
anti-tobacco campaign; healthy lifestyles.
Social integration: Integration opportunities; rehabilitation for children with disabilities.
Disabled young women: Rights & participation.
Environment: Waste management; appropriate technology; water preservation.
Young women’s rights: Equal opportunities.
Capacity building: Enabling environment; leadership development.
Political leadership: Good governance; good citizenship |
| Leadership: |
Percentage of young women’s membership: 70%
Young women’s participation at decision-making levels:
As board members--> 30%
As committee members--> 47%
As partners in program planning and decision-making--> 90%
Involved in the programs--> 90% |
| Networking: |
Partners at the following:
1. At the national level:
- Ministry of Planning;
- Ministry of Youth;
- Ministry of Labor.
2. At the international level:
- Freidrich Ebert Foundation;
- UNICEF;
- UNFPA:
- UNIFEM;
- European Union.
Member of the following platforms:
1. National platforms:
- National Council for Family Affairs;
- Jordan National Commission for Women;
- National Population Commission;
- National Commission on Youth Labor.
2. International platform: World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS). |
| Guidelines/ Participation: |
Young Women’s Participation:
1. As training staff;
2. As members in local committees;
3. As loan beneficiaries and micro-credit trainees;
4. As participants in awareness programs.
Existing policies and guidelines to ensure young women’s participation:
1. Guidelines & policies to ensure their integration at decision-making levels;
2. Encouragement & support;
3. Access to information, including rights and responsibilities;
4. Awareness raising regarding young women’s participation in all fields;
5. Creating an enabling environment. |
| Project: |
Women in Power and Decision-Making. |
| Objectives: |
Motivating and assisting women and grassroots to play a more effective role in the Jordanian society, and encouraging them to enroll in public and civic posts. |
| Brief: |
The project was implemented in six villages through a series of training workshops and national forums on the following issues: Gender awareness; communication skills; leadership concepts; women’s civic and religious rights; women and men as partners in decision-making.An interactive play on women’s political participation was produced and IEC (Information, Education and Communication) materials were developed and include: a facilitator’s handbook, a training manual and a video on empowerment activities. |
| Duration: |
April 2001- December 2002 |
| Location: |
Lub, Um Qais, Rabbeth, Sweimeh, That Ras and Addassiyeh. |
| Target Group: |
Women in general and grassroots in particular. |
| Funding: |
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung |
| Results: |
1. A group of 150 regular participants attended the workshops, to form a core group of well informed and trained women;
2. The interactive theatre proved to be an efficient method for community mobilization;
3. Adolescent girls were eager to learn about women’s participation at decision-making levels, which confirms the need to focus on this target group in upcoming workshops. |
| Project 2: |
Promoting Gender Equity. |
| Objectives: |
1. Supporting the integration of women as equal partners in the development process;
2. Improving the status of Jordanian women by reducing gender disparities and enhancing democratic participation. |
| Brief: |
1. Capacity building workshops to train village councils, local communities and women on their role in the democratic process;
2. Training workshops on communication and motivational skills for 30 young women to enable them to act as local motivators in their respective communities. The workshops also focused on reproductive health and environmental issues to promote social change and gender equity.
3. Motivational sessions are being implemented by each motivator in her own community to foster behavioral change in the above-mentioned topics. |
| Duration: |
August 2000 – March 2001 |
| Location: |
In two villages: Iraq in Karak and Addassiyeh in Irbid. |
| Target Group: |
Women, young women ,village councils and community members. |
| Funding: |
UNIFEM & UNESCO |
