“When Women Lead” Report on the Gender-Based Violence Sub-Working Group in Jordan Activities marking the International Women’s Day 2021
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BACKGROUND:
Each year on the 8th of March, the International Women s Day (IWD) is renowned in many countries around the world to celebrate women’s social, economic, cultural and political achievements, but also to reflect on the progress made towards gender equality and to call for change.
Each Year, UN Women releases a global theme on the occasion of the International Women’s Day. This year, the theme chosen was “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world” where the national theme was also aligned with this theme, in order to jointly celebrate the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world and in Jordan towards shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The hashtags #IWD2021 #GenerationEquality / #للمرأة ي
Together Against Violence: Report on the Gender-Based Violence Sub-Working Group Activities during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign for the year 2020
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BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT:
The Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Sub-Working Group (SGBV SWG) conducted this year’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign under the framework of the national campaign launched by the Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW). The thematic focus of the national campaign was “Eliminating all forms of Domestic Violence against women and girls” The theme is aligned with the global theme “Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent,
Collect!” to fight against Domestic Violence that has been exacerbated due to COVID-19 pandemic.
GBV Prevention Curriculum: An overview of good practices and tools in Jordan 2020 [EN/AR]
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Introduction
This guide was developed by the Jordan River Foundation in partnership with Jordan Humanitarian Fund of the United Nations (JHF - OCHA) with the generous support of Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Sweden and Italy, and in close coordination with the SGBV SWG (Sexual and Gender Based Violence Sub-Working Group) to act as a guiding tool for institutions and organizations. The various programs aiming at planning and implementing projects aimed at promoting prevention and elimination of all types of gender-based violence in Jordan, and providing a knowledge base based on best practices that have been implemented in this regard, in addition to lessons learned from practices that did not meet the expected success with a view to avoid or reprogram it according to the target context.