Overview
Amman - Jordan
The Gender
Justice Initiative (GJI) is an effort to promote gender equality in the
Arab States region where multiple sources of law, the persistence of customary
practices, socio-economic, cultural, and political factors, and lack of
coordination between the judicial and security sectors act as serious impediments
for women to have the same rights and obligations as men before the law. This
disparity hinders the achievement of gender equality and therefore the
achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, especially goals 5, 10 and
16.
Over the course of three years, GJI collected and produced verified
country reports on the state of gender-based laws for each country in the Arab
States region. The 18 country reports of the initiative, “Gender Justice &
the Law” were launched in December 2018 by UNDP’s Amman Regional Hub, in
collaboration with its sister agencies UNFPA, UN Women and ESCWA. GJI recognizes that the information provided
in the final report represents a “snapshot” or the situation at a specific
period in time. GJI also recognizes that mindsets, behavior and laws do not
necessarily change just because information has become available.
GJI now faces two overriding challenges:
- How do we keep the national information,
including the analysis and score sheets, up to date?
- How can the data and its analysis be
used to change mindsets, behavior
and laws?
To
address these issues, the GJI team will host an “Open Innovation Challenge”. The specific objectives of the Open
Innovation Challenge are to develop an innovative mechanism that will: 1. keep the GJI’s
analysis up to date, accessible and useful for governments, policy makers and
activists while ensuring the way it is presented promotes action by users; 2. Make the data and material easily accessible
for reporting against the SDGs targets as well as for analysis and advocacy
purposes; 3. Facilitate the ownership by national stakeholders
and encourage their commitments to advocate for reforms in the penal codes,
family law, nationality law and labor laws; 4. Create a network of stakeholders, experts and
donors with substantial knowledge and experience in gender inequalities and
the law in the Arab states region.
In addition to the above objectives, the initiative should be
designed to highlight the status of gender justice and the law in the Arab
states region, and to stress that law reform will constitute a key driver for
achieving the SDGs across the region.
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Contact
Marta Vallejo Mestres
Rule of Law, Justice and Human Rights Specialist
Governance & Peacebuilding Cluster
Regional Hub in Amman
Regional Bureau for Arab States
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +962 6 200 3151
Mobile: +962 7 99 33 21 45
Skype: marvames
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REGISTRATION FORM / استمارة التسجيل
General Information / معلومات عامة
Passport Details / جواز السفر
Address / العنـوان