Jordanian Woman Indicators
Gender Perspective , 2008
Inspired by His Majesty, King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein vision of Jordan and of women’s role in building the country, the Department of Statistics attaches singular importance to the development of gender statistics. Needless to say, the Monarch’s aspiration calls for “activating the Society’s capabilities and involving everyone, especially youth and women, in the development process. To facilitate women’s full participation in the political, economic and social life, all the necessary resources should be made available for them and all the rights to which they are entitled should be safeguarded”. The Jordanian development model should be adopted in order to achieve gender equity in all areas. Only this can vouch for effective women’s participation in the sustainable development process. The Department intends to incur further expansion in disseminating gender statistics in a bid to monitor the different qualitative gaps and identify the extent to which they impact the path of community development.
Within this perspective, the Department of Statistics is pleased to present these indicators, which depicts gender issues in figures and charts and to provide data users with updated database on women in Jordan.
