The committee developed a set of recommendations to empower women under three themes: institutional and procedural mechanisms, public policies, legislative frameworks, economic environment, social environment and intellectual patterns.
Among the recommendations related to institutional and procedural mechanisms and public policies is the creation of a constitutional guarantee to empower women, enhance their participation in public life and protect them from all forms of discrimination.
This is in addition to the request from the government and the Legislation and Opinion Bureau to use gender-sensitive language when preparing draft laws, regulations, and instructions, as this has an impact on developing societal culture and reducing the stereotyping of the roles of both women and men.
The committee also called for instructing the Ministerial Committee for the Empowerment of Women to conduct a review of all legislation that includes discrimination against women, as defined by the National Strategy for Women 2020-2025, and to amend it by adopting a participatory approach that ensures the effective participation of all concerned parties.
The committee suggested creating a legal framework for a previous decision regarding the benefits granted to children of Jordanian mothers by including it in the Residency and Foreigners Affairs Law.
The committee also recommended the adoption of incentives, such as tax exemptions, to encourage the employment of women in the private sector and provide them with a safe work environment, including criminalizing harassment in the workplace, and strengthening the capacities of the Ministry of Labor’s inspectors to ensure that employers comply with the provisions of the law.
With regard to social protection policies, the committee recommended that data on poverty rates be available in society to ensure responsive planning, that national registries be developed and that women breadwinners be recognized and given the opportunity to benefit from social protection programs.
To read the report of the Royal Committee for the Modernization of the Political System (proposed legislation, findings and recommendations), please visit the website: tahdeeth.jo
Source: jordan News Agency