Renewed Friday lockdown exacerbates economic woes experts
By Maria Weldali - Feb 27,2021 - Last updated at Feb 27,2021
A view of a closed market place in downtown Amman during a lockdown day on Friday (Photo by Amjad Ghsoun)
AMMAN The decision to reimpose all-day curfew on Fridays to curb the spread of the coronavirus comes with a heavy toll, according to a sociologist.
“People are in severe financial stress, and they are the ones who bear the brunt of Friday lockdowns,” sociologist Hussein Khozahe told The Jordan Times over the phone on Saturday.
According to a report issued by the Department of Statistics (DoS), 28 per cent of married Jordanian breadwinners are unemployed, whereas the unemployment rate in the Kingdom reached 23.9 per cent in the third quarter of 2020.
(MENAFN - Jordan Times) AMMAN â In an effort to empower women in Jordan, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has introduced a programme to train female fresh graduates in physical education and subsequently provide them with secure jobs in the field.
The ILO in Jordan works on developing decent work principles in gyms and sports facilities, said Reem Aslan, chief technical adviser of ILO s Decent Work for Women Programme in Jordan.
With the recent reopening of gyms and sports facilities following months of COVID-19-induced closure, the Women in Sports programme, which started in November 2020, aims at enabling dozens of female graduates and senior students to join these workplaces in April 2021, Aslan said.
Meeting explores Jordanian olive sector’s potential to make inroads in Chinese market
By JT - Jan 28,2021 - Last updated at Jan 28,2021
The Chinese embassy in Amman on Thursday organised a virtual meeting to discuss ways to boost olive oil exports with the participation of Chinese and Jordanian stakeholders (Petra photo)
AMMAN The Chinese embassy in Amman on Thursday organised a virtual meeting to discuss ways to boost olive oil exports with the participation of Chinese and Jordanian stakeholders.
The meeting also discussed means to enhance trade with China, as well as to develop a platform to boost cooperation between Jordanian and Chinese companies.
One in six own a vehicle in Jordan report
By Maria Weldali - Jan 23,2021 - Last updated at Jan 23,2021
Vehicle ownership witnessed a rapid increase when compared to the population from one vehicle for every 58 persons to one vehicle for every six persons, according to the 2019 Central Traffic Department report (JT file photo)
AMMAN Jordan has witnessed a substantial increase in its vehicle population as owning one has become “an absolute” necessity.
Vehicle ownership witnessed a rapid increase when compared to the population from one vehicle for every 58 persons to one vehicle for every six persons, according to the 2019 Central Traffic Department report.
AMMAN Solidarity Is Global Institute (SIGI)-Jordan reported on Thursday that 197,000 Jordanians who are over the age of 35 have never been married.The number of people aged 35 years and above reached 3.027 million by the end of 2018, constituting 29.4 per cent of Jordan’s total population of 10.309 million, according to the 2018 gender indicators issued by the Department of