| Country: |
Jordan |
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Organization: |
Queen Zein Al-Sharaf Institute for Development (ZENID)-
Princess Basma Youth Resource Center (PBYRC)-
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| Address: |
P.O. Box: 230511,
Amman, Jordan. |
| Tel: |
(962-6) 505 2431 |
| Fax: |
(962-6) 505 2435 |
| E-mail: |
info@zenid.org.jo |
| Coverage: |
National non-governmental organization. |
| Objectives: |
1. Increasing women and youth’s participation in the development process;
2. Providing youth with the opportunity to express their needs and shape new realities for their future;
3. Empowering young people to participate more actively in raising social awareness and initiating positive change in their communities. |
| Approach: |
Raising awareness; publishing; training; development programs. |
| Intervention Sectors: |
Education: ICT literacy.
Health: Family planning; nutrition education; sexual & reproductive health ; HIV/AIDS;
anti-tobacco campaign; psychological well-being ; physical fitness ; healthy lifestyles.
Social Integration: Juvenile delinquency.
Environment: Women’s health & the environment.
Young women’s rights: Equal opportunities; gender based violence.
Capacity Building: Enabling environment ; leadership development.
Political Leadership: Good governance ; good citizenship. |
| Leadership: |
Young women’s participation at decision-making levels:
As board member--> ----
As committee members--> ----
As partners in program planning and decision-making---> 80%
As participants and volunteers---> 55% |
| Networking: |
Partners at the following:
1. At the national level:
- Higher Council for Youth;
- SOS Villages;
- Haya Arts Center.
2. At the international level:
- UNICEF;
- UNFPA;
- AMIR Program;
- USAID;
- International Republican Institute;
- DFID.
Member of a national platform: The Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD). |
| Guidelines/ Participation: |
Young women’s participation:
1. As program participants;
2. As partners in program planning and development.
Existing policies and guidelines to ensure young women’s participation:
1. Encouragement and support;
2. Access to information including rights and responsibilities;
3. Raising awareness regarding young women’s participation and rights;
4. Creating an enabling environment;
5. Leadership training programs with focusing on capacity building, and women and leadership.
Challenges facing young women’s participation in leadership:
Traditions and social stereotypes inhibit young women from utilizing and developing their leadership abilities; Young women have are used to surrender leadership roles to men.
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| Project: |
Promoting the Health and Well-Being of Adolescents in Jordan. |
| Objectives: |
1. Raising awareness on basic adolescent health issues among Jordanian youth;
2. Providing them with needed skills to lead healthier lifestyles. |
| Brief: |
100 young people from different parts of the Kingdom participated in intensive training workshops, to become peer educators in adolescent health. The workshops were conducted by experts to address the following topics: 1) Psychological well-being; 2) Nutrition & eating habits; 3) Sexual & reproductive health; 4) Healthy lifestyles. The participants were also trained in communication and facilitation skills, which will enable them to deliver the messages to their peers in creative ways. |
| Duration: |
2001-2003 |
| Location: |
On a national scale. |
| Target Group: |
Youth and particularly young women, from different parts of the Kingdom. They are involved in the project at first as trainees and then as peer educators. |
| Challenges: |
Tackling the issues of sexual and reproductive health in a rather conservative society. |
| Results: |
The training enables young peer educator to work in their respective communities and transfer knowledge and skills to other youth. |
| Future Plans: |
Continuing on implementing similar workshop, with a special focus on young women. |
| Project 2: |
Basic Life Skills. |
| Brief: |
Princess Basma Youth Resource Center designed basic life skills modules and conducted training workshops to 550 young people throughout the Kingdom. The topics were identified by the young people themselves at previous forums and included:, dealing with diversity, problems solving, stress management, healthy lifestyles, etc. Young participants had also the opportunity to acquire facilitation skills, which enables them to work within their own communities. |
| Target Group: |
550 young people throughout the kingdom. |
| Partners: |
UNICEF |
| Results: |
Several youth led projects have been implemented so far, and include among others: An intergenerational dialogue and a poverty eradication initiative. |
| Project 3: |
Good Governance |
| Objectives: |
Raising awareness on the importance on women’s participation in the forthcoming elections in Jordan, in order to promote good governance, through a series of regional forums and the production of videos. |
| Brief: |
Main activities include:
1. Awareness raising workshops on the election process in Jordan;
2. The production of two videos to highlight the importance of women’s participation in forthcoming elections and parliament. The videos also describe and clarify the election process and the functioning of the parliament;
3. A series regional forums organized in cooperation with partner institutions working towards good governance;
4. A national poster and leaflet campaign on good governance, targeting youth and using their work. |
| Target Group: |
1. New young voters;
2. Women candidates;
3. Men who resist the idea of women in parliament. |
