Gendering the Jordanian Parliament Research Center

Gendering the Jordanian Parliament Research Center

This project enhanced the gender balance in Jordan by incorporating the position of women in the policy making process through gender mainstreaming the Jordanian Parliament’s Research Center, which aims to provide MPs with independent, empirical evidence and representative information and background on legislations and policies in Jordan. IRCKHF conducted a gender baseline assessment and overall needs assessment of the JPRC. Accordingly, gender mainstreaming was conducted, along with research capacity building, and training on how to access information as well as how to write a policy paper. The latter half of the project was a joint research project between IRCKHF and JPRC on identifying to what extent women’s rights issues are a priority for the Parliament, and to what extent gender sensitivity has been taken into consideration in the agendas and legislation of Parliamentarians.