Region:Asia Pacific
Current UN Women Plan Period Afghanisthan:2018-2022
World Bank Income Classification:Low Income
The World Bank classifies economies for analytical purposes into four income groups: low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high income. For this purpose it uses gross national income (GNI) per capita data in U.S. dollars, converted from local currency using the World Bank Atlas method, which is applied to smooth exchange rate fluctuations.
Least Developed Country:Yes
Since 1971, the United Nations has recognized LDCs as a category of States that are deemed highly disadvantaged in their development process, for structural, historical and also geographical reasons. Three criteria are used: per capita income, human assets, and economic vulnerability.
Gender Inequality Index:0.575
GII is a composite metric of gender inequality using three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market. A low GII value indicates low inequality between women and men, and vice-versa.
Gender Development Index:0.723
GDI measures gender inequalities in achievement in three basic dimensions of human development: health, education, and command over economic resources.
Population:209,497,025
Source of population data: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision
Male:19,976,265 (9.5%)
Female:189,520,760 (90.5%)
outcome XM-DAC-41146-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).
outcome XM-DAC-41146-JOR_D_6.2
Evidence and norms on gender equality and empowerment of women and girls are promoted by government and civil society.
The Country Gender Equality Profile (CGEP) was launched in March 2022 under the patronage of the IMC Chair and was organized in cooperation with the Economic Social Council. The UN Women supported its development to be a primary source for evidence-driven advocacy and programming for national stakeholders, international development partners and the UN System to advance the gains and overcome bottlenecks at the national, regional, and global level based on both statistical and qualitative data. The CGEPs was developed in an inclusive manner, ensuring participation of the national statistical office (NSO) and with the ministries responsible for action on and monitoring of the SDGs in key thematic areas (e.g. health, education, defence and justice). Civil society and gender equality advocates at all levels and, within this, ensuring that marginalized groups most at risk of being left behind is represented like the Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. As the profile provides valuable in-depth analysis of the different social and economic challenges faced by women and girls, this can be used as a tool to inform evidence-based decision making at the national level. https://jordan.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2022/03/general-framework-for-gender-equality-in-jordan
outcome XM-DAC-41146-JOR_O_1
Enhanced coordination, coherence and accountability of the UN system for commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment
The UNCT has improved gender mainstreaming and is better positioned to conduct effective interventions across the new pillars under the UNSDCF 2022-2027. UN Women have contributed in engendering the UNSDCF results framework.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-JOR_O_2
Increased engagement of partners in support of UN-Women’s mandate.
The JCO maintained and expanded its broad partnership portfolio, securing predictable financial resources and sustained visibility to advance national priorities on GEWE. This success is underpinned by strengthened leadership on policy advocacy, investments in partners' outreach capacities, pilot innovation initiatives, and the systematic engagement of youth constituencies.
outcome XM-DAC-41146-JOR_O_3
High quality of programmes through knowledge, innovation, results-based management and evaluation
UN Women Jordan programmes are strengthened through the effective utilisation of knowledge products, evaluations and evidence collected from the field.Showing 6 - 10 of 11
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