AMMAN, Jordan, Dec 23 (UNHCR) - Social counsellor Ghada shares a bond with the refugee women she helps. Born in Libya to Palestinian parents, she spent her childhood in Saudi Arabia and went to ...

Regionl Forum On Women's Economic Empowerment Opens In Amman. Amman, Nov. 18 (Petra) – Minister of Social Development Wafa Bani Mustafa Tuesday said women's entrepreneurship is a vital driver of ...

18 October 2005 AMMAN -- A majority of the participants in yesterday's World March of Women (WMW) event in Amman voted to send a petition to the prime minister asking for a quota system for women in ...

AMMAN — Minister of Social Development and Chair of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Women’s Empowerment, Wafa Bani Mustafa, on Saturday outlined the priorities and initiatives set for the women’s ...

A respected lawyer, she focused on the victims of domestic violence and also worked hard to change discriminatory laws. By Rana F. Sweis AMMAN, Jordan — Asma Khader, an internationally recognized ...

AMMAN — The Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation (JEDCO) has concluded the first and second phases of the Rural Economic ...

AMMAN, Jordan — As we sat in the whirlpool tub and steam room in the local hamam, waiting to be scrubbed and massaged before dinner and a stop at a roof-top bar for farewell drinks and shisha, or ...

“As long as women are absent from the labor market, they are absent from the public sphere,” one advocate said. By Rana F. Sweis AMMAN, Jordan — Marwa Alomari’s compassionate and patient style made ...

A Christian born in Amman, Jordan, to Greek parents, is challenging the way Arabic culture is portrayed in Western media.