Jordan to host 9th Global Land Forum
By Maria Weldali - Feb 23,2021 - Last updated at Feb 23,2021
AMMAN Jordan is preparing to host the ninth Global Land Forum, being the first host-country in the region, with the aim to highlight land-related issues nationally, regionally and globally.
Organised by the International Land Coalition (ILC), the forum is a triannual meeting that brings together NGOs, research centres, government agencies, institutions and community-based organisations in the hosting country to build a vision and roadmap for land governance based on local and national priorities, according to the ILC website.
“The Kingdom will host the first Global Land Forum-Youth, a space for young people where they would debate and define their own agenda,” Raed Gharib, CEO of SEEDS Jordan, a nonprofit organisation that invests in the power of young people, to face global challenges, and one of the board members of the ILC, told The Jordan Times on Tuesday.
Government urged to adopt Convention 190 to safeguard wellbeing, security of workers
By Rana Husseini - Dec 14,2020 - Last updated at Dec 14,2020
AMMAN Experts and activists have called for unifying national efforts to ensure a violence-free working environment for female and male labourers in Jordan.
The calls were made during a webinar that was held on Sunday to discuss the draft of the gap analysis and the proposed national strategy on violence and harassment in the world of work.
The event was organised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW) and the General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions (GFJTU).