Sport as a Vehicle for Social Change and Empowerment, UN Women and Generations for Peace Announce New Partnership

Date: Wednesday, August 8, 2018

UN Women and Generations For Peace today announced a new partnership to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment using sport as an effective driver of social cohesion and civic engagement. Within this framework, more than 600,000 vulnerable Jordanian and Syrian refugee youth will be engaged in sport-based activities designed to promote a greater understanding of resilience and empowerment from a gender-sensitive perspective. Running till 2019, the initiative will target 300 public...

UN Women Jordan partners with the Embassy of Sweden to close the gender WikiGap

Date: Sunday, March 11, 2018

In celebration of the International Women’s Day 2018, UN Women joined forces with Sweden’s embassies around the Arab States region and with hundreds of youth volunteers to convene a series of edit-a-thons to promote knowledge of women and their experiences through the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia

United Nations Secretary-General and World Bank Director visit UN Women's centre in Zaatari refugee camp

Date: Sunday, March 27, 2016

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim visited Jordan’s Zaatari refugee camp, accompanied by a delegation of senior UN officials.