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JP Closing Event in Jordan

UN Women (UNW) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) hosted the closing event of the Joint Programme "Promoting Productive Employment and Decent Work for Women in Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine" (JP Work4Women). The event was held under the patronage of Her Excellency Maha Ali, Secretary General of the Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW). The JP Work4Women initiative was a five-year program (2019-2023) aimed at tackling the structural barriers that women face in accessing decent work in Egypt, Jordan and Palestine generously supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The event was an opportunity to present key achievements of the project, and to reflect on promising practices and lesson learned. Across the three countries and through the project, close to 2.4 million beneficiaries and partners were engaged in capacity building opportunities, accessed technical assistance to develop gender sensitive policies and laws and to create a more gender-sensitive private sector, and/or participated in advocacy and awareness campaigns. 23 law and regulations were adopted or revised to facilitate women’s economic empowerment and over 250 private sector companies were supported to join the Women’s Economic Empowerment Principles (WEPs) and work on recruiting, retaining and promoting more women and promoting gender equality through their value chain. Attendees included representatives from government bodies, NGOs, community-based organizations, the private sector, employers' and workers' organizations, donors, UN agencies, media, and the general public. They engaged in discussions on the efforts undertaken in Jordan to boost women’s participation in the labor force, as well as the opportunities presented by the Economic Modernization Vision and its dedicated strategy for Women’s Economic Empowerment.