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Ammon News - Prime Minister Dr. Bishr Khasawneh on Sunday attended the launching ceremony of the women empowerment strategy in Economic Modernization Vision (EMV).

This strategy, outlined by the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Women Empowerment, in partnership with relevant institutions, reflects Jordan's commitment to equality, respect for human rights and active participation in eliminating all forms of gender-based discrimination.

The strategy also aims to enhance women's participation in the labor market, increase their participation in economic decision-making, and mainstream gender issues in the work of the public and private sectors.

Addressing the event, Minister of Social Development / the committee's chair, Wafa Bani Mustafa, said Jordan is entering its bicentennial with a three-dimensional modernization project and a Royal vision aimed to achieve paths of progress and prosperity.

Bani Mustafa said Jordan's modernization era views women as a partner in EMV and a partner in achievement, noting that the nation's political process culminated in amending the Constitution and adding clause (6) in Article (6), related to women empowerment.

To date, she noted women were also taken into account in the "deep" reforms in Jordan's electoral and political party laws and student partisan regulations in higher education institutions.

In public sector modernization track, she said recommendations were made to "institutionalize and frame" the governmental women's sector, and emphasize development of the appointment system for leadership positions to ensure justice and equality.

The current government saw an "unprecedented" number of women, who hold leadership positions in the Kingdom's history, she pointed out.

The government, she said, is adding a new achievement by launching the strategy, in conjunction with the completion of gender-sensitive sectoral executive plans.

The first phase of the executive program will feature sectoral initiatives, of which 72% would directly affect women’s economic participation, and 28% indirectly, she noted.

On the strategy's three main women-related goals, she said related efforts seek to doubling rate of female participation in Jordan's labor market, aimed to make their economic participation reach 28% in 2033.

Hopefully, she noted this rate would exceed 36% and create more than 280,000 job opportunities for women during the next decade under EMV's 1 million job opportunities goal at a rate of 28, 000 jobs annually for women.