The Woman in my eyes (Women in Jordan) - Jiries Musharbash

This short video clip shows the situation of women in the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan.
You can find the woman as a mother, a Doctor, a Nurse, an Artist, a Police officer... etc.

The number of women in the workforce has more than doubled over the past five years.
While Jordan, compared with many other Middle Eastern countries, scores quite highly in democratic league tables", human rights, especially women's rights perform poorly. Freedom House, calculates women's rights based on five distinct categories, each scored from one to five. One having least rights and five the most. Jordanian women score the following in each of these categories.

I. Non-discrimination & access to justice 2.4
II. Autonomy, security & freedom of person 2.4
III. Economic rights & equal opportunity 2.8
IV. Political rights & civic voice 2.8
V. Social & cultural rights 2.5

Out of 17 MENA countries surveyed Jordan ranked about half way down the list apart from category IV, where Jordan had the 5th highest rating. This is interesting as it complements other data showing Jordan to be one of the more democratic MENA countries.

However while Freedom House do criticise Jordan for its poor women's rights record, it does admit that changes are happening "The status of women in Jordan is currently undergoing a historic transition, with women achieving a number of positive gains and new rights".

The limited economic advantages are one of the main reasons for poor scores in many of the above categories and in a traditional Muslim country it is the duty of the men to bring home a wage. It is not necessarily just discrimination that accounts for the high rates of unemployment, but also genuine economic difficulties and shortages of jobs. "The shrinking of the public sector disproportionately affects women, the location of jobs matters more for women than for men, and discrimination in the private sector remains".

Women do not have the same status as men with respect to nationality. A Jordanian man may marry a foreigner and pass on his nationality to his children; women can not. Nor can women pass on their nationality to their husbands.

Special thanks to all the great women who contributed to the success of this video, Jordan is Proud of You.
Thank you Family & Friends, you were Amazing :)

Dedicated to Her Royal Highness Princess Basma.
all rights reserved (C) Jiries Musharbash. 2011

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[GiftsToRemember]

thanks dear :)

[55merna]

Great Job Jeries :)