This report draws on the Concluding Observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). These Concluding Observations relate to law or the absence of law,and this

This is a short pocket guide that outlines the most common ways that NGO’s can bring human rights violations to the attention of the United Nations and regional bodies. This guide provides various

This report addresses all of the articles of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Women’s NGOs in Jordan seized the opportunity of the CEDAW 51

The UN Task Force on Violence Against Women in Jordan endeavours to enhance coordination and intensify efforts to address violence against women for a more systematic,comprehensive and sustained

In this report,Equality Now highlights the countries where significant discrimination remains in the law. It shows some of the harmful consequences of this discrimination and,consequently,how changes

This report,published by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA),explores the gender dimension of the popular movements that have swept a number of Arab cities. It begins by

This report summarizes the Committee on Women of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia's (ESCWA) sixth session in Kuwait,on 4 and 5 December 213. At the session,the Committee considered

This report is a chapter in Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Progress Amid Resistance,published by Freedom House. It provides a history of the women's rights movement in Jordan and