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AMMAN (Petra) - The Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC) has recently signed an agreement with the Euro-Mediterranean Association for Cooperation and Development (EMA) to strengthen cooperation in the fields of trade and investment between Jordan and Germany. Signed by ACC Chairman Riad Saifi and EMA’s President Horst Siedentopf on the sidelines of the Hamburg Logistics Forum, the agreement seeks to enhance business cooperation through exchanging ex....
The General Assembly held the Annual General meeting for the Arab Orphan Committee by the president of the Executive Committee Tayseer Kna'an. The partcipants discussed the activities of the Assembly in Jordan and Palestine and the most important development projects
The Committee of Training Courses and Continuing Education at Bar Association held a seminar about the environmental legislation between the legal concepts and practical application, it was attended by a large number of lawyers and those who are interested in the environmental field.
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‘Women’s empowerment remains a challenge for Kingdom’s development’
AMMAN - Khetam Malkawi - Jordan is ahead of many developing countries in fulfilling international agreements on human development, maternal and reproductive health, but still faces challenges, particularly in women’s empowerment and education, a UN representative said on Sunday.
“There are many issues that we need to work on with the government to empower women and educate them on reproductive health issues,” United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin said.
The UN representative, who is visiting Jordan to attend a meeting of UNFPA representatives and directors, said educating young women to enable them to make their own life decisions, rather than treating them only as wives or mothers, will serve the goals that the UNFPA is currently working on with governments.
Osotimehin, who is also UN undersecretary general, noted that young people comprise 1.8 billion of the world’s seven billion population and 90 per cent of them live in developing countries, “a reason why this group should be engaged in the development of their countries” through providing them with the needed education to compete in the job market.
Osotimehin made the remarks at a press conference yesterday following a meeting with Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Jaafar Hassan.
Noting that discussions with the officials focused on the importance of providing education for young people and women in particular, he pledged that his agency will keep supporting its programmes in the Kingdom, which started in 1976.
“We at the UNFPA are committed to support the programmes we implement in cooperation with the Jordanian government, and are looking forward to working with the government on many issues including youth,” Osotimehin noted.