Outcome JOR_D_6.1

Jordanian government and civil society assess progress on implementation of normative and policy frameworks on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

Significant progress has been made to the achievement of this outcome. The Government of Jordan (GoJ) and official institutions have an appropriate and enabling environment to work on gender mainstreaming within their planning processes. This has been evident through the governments’ adoption of a gender responsive planning approach in designing executive plans for the triple modernization visions (Political, Economic and Public Sector Development) with the support of UN Women through providing platforms for consultations between different stakeholders and providing technical advice and support to the development process. Despite this significant progress, there is still a long way to go to guarantee commitment for the implementation of these policies. UN Women shall continue supporting the government in developing implementation and M&E plans. Additional support is required for the parliament to monitor and observe the government's commitments. Furthermore, with the support of JCO, the National Team established by the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Women’s Empowerment (IMC-W) and led by the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) and the Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW), the National Strategy for Women 2020 – 2025 (NSW) is integrated under the Government Indicative Executive Plan 2021-2024 (GIEP) which is the main governmental programme that includes budgeted plans of around 124 ministries and official institutions. 40 official institutions were directly engaged in the integration exercise (28 ministries and 12 official institutions).