Jordan

There are no publications or fact sheets. Data disseminated is mostly limited to the official website of the institutions.

The national educational curricula do not include issues related to VAWG, gender equality, women rights.

There are no specific programs available for school teachers on gender equality and VAWG. The Gender Unit within the Ministry of Education, in cooperation with the Policies and Training Unit organizes various workshops and trainings for teachers and education supervisors on gender equality and gender mainstreaming in education.

There are annual awareness campaigns conducted by JNCW under a 16 days campaign to eliminate violence against women.

There are some limited trainings provided by the government, funded by international organizations. The judicial council appointed 107 judges to consider domestic violence cases across the country in a specialized manner. The judicial council adopted a guide for judges on responding to cases of violence against women and judges trained to deal with VAWG. There are training programs for police officers, judges and court employees organized by the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Justice, as well as by the National Centre for Human Rights.

No specific training is provided by the Ministry of Health for nurses or doctors who respond to victims of VAWG.

There is no training programme on VAWG that is being institutionalized within the ministries and government’s institutions.

There are mechanisms of cooperation for addressing VAWG that were established among different ministries and institutions according to the National Strategy for Combating Violence against Women (2015-2020). An executive committee has been formed between NCW and the heads of the departments and units concerned with women’s rights in various ministries including the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Health and Population, Ministry of Social Solidarity, the National Council on Disability, the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood. According to the protocols signed among the parties mentioned above, the committee works on following up on the execution of the action plans of the National Strategy for Combating Violence against Women.

There is an inter-ministerial coordination on VAWG among specific ministries to refer cases of VAWG including the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Social Development. There is also Inter-Ministerial Committee for Women Empowerment established in 2015 and currently led by the Ministry of Political and Parliamentary Affairs, but its mandate is not specifically for combating VAWG

JNCW was established by a Council of Ministers’ decision as a semi-governmental organization. JNCW gained recognition as the authority on women’s affairs in Jordan and leads the coordination for VAWG policies and mainstreaming gender in national legislation, policies, plans, programs, and budgets. JNCW is also member in the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Women Empowerment and is involved in the coordination between ministries.

There is no gender responsive budget adopted by government with specific lines allocated for addressing VAWG.