AMMAN —
Interior Minister Mazen Faraya launched a workshop
on Monday, August 7, focusing on the integration of gender gap indicators into
regional development planning.
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This initiative, championed by the
Decentralization, Accountability, and Integrity Program, aims to measure and analyze the
gender disparity at the regional level, Jordan News Agency, Petra reported.
The program, supported by UNDP Jordan and funded by the
European Union, evaluates gender gaps using criteria established by the
GlobalGender Gap Index and the World Economic Forum 2006.
Their assessment focuses on four primary domains:
participation, economic opportunities, educational achievements, health, and
political empowerment.
The initiative, a collaboration between Jordan's Interior
Ministry, the European Union mission, and the
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Jordan, showcased outcomes and recommendations stemming from
their joint efforts.
This workshop is the first in a series scheduled from 8th to
10th August, which will delve deeper into evaluations targeting the regions of
Balqa, Madaba, Irbid, Ajloun, Tafilah, and Aqaba.
Strategic approach
Faraya emphasized the ministry's commitment to assessing the
gender gap indicators within the developmental frameworks of six governorates -
Irbid, Ajloun, Balqa, Madaba, Tafilah, and Aqaba.
This preliminary phase will be followed by a broader
assessment in the remaining six regions, eventually culminating in
municipal-level evaluations.
Detailing their strategic approach, Faraya noted that the
ministry has prioritized gender integration into upcoming provincial council
budgets.
He stressed the importance of embedding gender
considerations into the annual economic and social reality report, aiming to
streamline project prioritization within regional plans and annual budgets,
thus narrowing the gender gap.
The event saw the participation of
Wafaa Bani Mustafa,
minister of social development and chairperson of the ministerial committee for
women's empowerment, Musa Maaita, chairman of the independent election
commission, Majdi Shriqi, director-general of the general budget department,
and UNDP's resident representative in Jordan, Randa Abu Al-Hassan.
Furthermore, key figures from the Ministry of Interior,
Balqa and Madaba governorates, and various ministries were also present.
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