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07/03/2021
Local organizations' agency must be strengthened if local communities' needs are to be met
The Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development (ARDD) has launched a position paper, titled "Loca…
15/11/2020
The economic and social life in Jordan has been impacted adversely by the COVID-19 crisis as vulnerabilities deepened and compounded. Furthermore, while the residents of Jordan became more in nee…
Strengthening Localization in Jordan Localization: Reinforce and support do not replace or undermine
15/11/2020
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 unde…
01/10/2020
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 unemploymen…
27/09/2020
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 …
20/09/2020
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. O…
27/07/2020
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 summar…
19/07/2020
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. I…
28/06/2020
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 …
28/06/2020
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…