USAID, partners discuss gender mainstreaming project
By Ahmad Amaireh - Mar 17,2021 - Last updated at Mar 17,2021
AMMAN The highlights of a USAID-funded programme that seeks to mainstream gender within society took centre stage at a recent event, reviewing the project’s activities in Jordan over the last eight years in collaboration with the government and civil society.
On March 10, the Gender Programme funded by USAID and implemented by IREX “Takamol”, held an event titled “Mainstreaming Gender in the Jordanian Context - USAID Takamol Learning Journey.”
The USAID Takamol programme implemented by IREX, a global development and education organisation, is a programme that seeks to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in Jordan, according to IREX.
Dubai: In yet another crime shocking the Jordanian community, a father has stabbed to death and decapitated his two little daughters aged 2 and 3 years old in Al Jafr District, Southern Badia, local media reported.
According to well-informed sources, the killer has a criminal history of drug trafficking and domestic abuse. He woke up early on Saturday and slit the throat of his two daughters, the first is two-years-old while the second is three-years-old.
The accused’s brother, the uncle of the two girls, had discovered and reported the incident to the police. He was visiting his brother and once he arrived, he saw bloodstains in front of the house, whose door was left wide open. He got inside and to his shock, he found the two daughters killed, and decapitated. “They were slaughtered like a goat”, he stated.
Man jailed for abusing minor
By Rana Husseini - Feb 27,2021 - Last updated at Feb 27,2021
AMMAN The Cassation Court has upheld an October Criminal Court ruling sentencing a man to seven years after convicting him of engaging in consensual sexual activities with a divorced minor in Amman in April 2020.
The Criminal Court handed the defendant a seven-year prison term after convicting him of engaging in sexual activities with a 17-year-old girl.
The court also refused to reduce the prison term because the victim was under 18, according to court transcripts.
Court documents said the defendant and the victim developed a relationship after they met in a shop in downtown Amman.
UNHCR Jordan: Azraq Refugee Camp - Factsheet, January 2021
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Working with partners
The camp management is co-coordinated by Syrian Refugee Affairs Directorate (SRAD) and UNHCR. The camp has the potential to be expanded to accommodate 120,000 - 130,000 refugees at maximum capacity. The villagebased approach aims to foster a greater sense of ownership and community among residents. The camp has a coordination mechanism composed of different agencies, which include camp coordination, inter-agency community representatives’ meetings, sectors and Task Force meetings including information sessions.
Governmental partners: SRAD, Ministry of Labour (MoL), Ministry of Public Works and Housing (MPWH), Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI), Ministry of Health (MoH), Ministry of Education (MoE), Ministry of Justice (MoJ), and Ministry of Social Development (MoSD), Sharia’a Court, Civil Registry Department and Family Protection Department