The Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) initiated this research to create clarity, momentum, focus and meaningful action around “localization” in Jordan. The broad question underlying this research is whether and how the
Indebtedness is one of the main factors that impact women’s economic empowerment in Jordan. Women in Jordan have one of the lowest labor participation rates in the world, double-digit unemployment rates reaching over 30%,
Syrian refugees in Jordan, as elsewhere in the world, are vulnerable to exploitation and abuse and are prevented from accessing humanitarian services, such as health and education. To amend this situation and in an
The brief calls for efforts to be exerted to enable the participation of Palestinian refugee youth in public governance within their communities, beyond traditional civic engagement approaches. Only by doing so can risks posed
This paper is part of a series that summarises the decisions and measures taken by various sectors of the Jordanian government in the face of the COVID-19 health crisis. This is the second summary that
The Convention on the Rights of the Child, one of the most important documents concerning children, was adopted in 1989, after the UN General Assembly approved making it into international law. It entered into
ARDD’s Global Network of Experts on the Question of Palestine Launches New Position Paper Demanding the International Community to Take Decisive and Deterrent Measures to Stop Israeli Annexation ARDD’s Global Network of Experts on
The Jordan INGO Forum (JIF) and the Jordanian NGOs Forum (JONAF) have just launched the June 2020 Walk the Talk report on progress and challenges faced in implementing the commitments made by the Government
As part of “Voices and Future of Refugee Youth from and on the Arab World” week marking World Refugee Day and its ongoing programs to shed light on the conditions of refugees in the
Dr. Yusuf Mansur, Former Minister of State for Economic Affairs, Economic Expert at ARDD, presents a reading into the Projects Stipulated for Jordan in the “Deal of the Century” that offers Jordan 15 economic