JORDAN and Youth

(1) Briefing: Education and youth awareness

We believe that all young people everywhere deserve the opportunity to develop their own unique strengths, and their own enlightened consciousness. More than this, we believe that our very global future depends upon the evolution of such an expanded consciousness of citizenship. Through a rights-based approach, gender equity, participative environment and sustainability which are our core principles, we see our role as providing the space and creative environment for young people in Jordan and of this region. We wish to engage young people in a learning process, in which they can reflect internally and externally, developing their awareness of self and consciousness of the world in all its complexity.

For more information check in source:http://www.zenid.org.jo/PBYRC.htm

(2) Briefing: Youth empowerment and maintaining their health and education

Save the Children’s programs in Jordan implement reforms and strategies of the Jordanian government while addressing the needs of disadvantaged Jordanian youth and women. JFO’s main focus is on youth and unemployment. We plan to submit a proposal to USAID/Jordan asking for an extension to continue our successful partnership with INJAZ, a program that seeks improved economic opportunities for Jordanian youth. We also intend to build on a USAID-Funded project (in partnership with JHU) concerning Women’s Empowerment in the area of Reproductive Health so as to include men and adolescents in the project. JFO, as an active member of the National Task Force on ECD, will continue to expand its role with the Ministry of Education. We have partnered with a local NGO, ZENID, to pilot an ECD Activity Guide, as a supplement to the newly designed ECD curricula. As in previous years, we will continue to align our programs within the High Impact Initiatives (HIIs) framework and expand its funding opportunities.

Source:http://www.savethechildren.org/countries/middle_east_eurasia/jordan.asp

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Jordan Set to Launch Youth Strategy

Amman, Jordan—

How does a country with almost three quarters of its population under 30 years old ensure that all young women and men are given meaningful opportunities to reach their full potential, both as individuals and as active participants in their society?

That is the question behind Jordan’s first ever National Youth Strategy, which will soon be launched as part of a project co-funded by the government and UNDP and implemented by the Higher Council for Youth.

“Youth are—and will long remain—a defining characteristic of Jordanian society and economy,” says the Jordan Human Development Report 2000 According to recent surveys and studies, 75 percent of Jordan’s population is less than 30 years old. “This demographic composition poses dramatic challenges for Jordan’s government and civil society in meeting education, training, employment, health and recreation needs of young men and women,” says Christine McNab, UNDP Resident Representative for Jordan. Through the youth strategy, the government aims to address the limited involvement of youth in the labor market. Only 1.1 million of 3.2 million youth participate in economically productive work. And although Jordan has a high literacy rate among youth, the country still needs to address issues relating to the quality of education and relevance to market needs. Ma’moun Nour Eldin, President of the Higher Council for Youth, says the expanded role of youth in formulating policy “has paved the way for building collaborative networks among stakeholders, governmental institutions, researchers, grassroots and international organizations.”

—By Amal Tartir, Communications Officer, UNDP Jordan.

(Choices magazine) Source: http://www.undp.org/dpa/choices/2004/sept/youth-jordan.html

(4) Briefing: Implementing better education

The development of Jordan's educational system can only be described as dramatic. Starting from almost nothing in the early 1920s, Jordan has forged a comprehensive, high-quality system to develop the human capital of its citizens. Today there are 2787 government schools, 1493 private schools, 48 community colleges, and 19 universities. In Jordan, access to basic education has been emphasized in all the country’s development plans.

The government has, as a matter of policy, provided every village and community with 10 or more school-going children with a school. As a result, the rapid spread of facilities enabled citizens in poor and remote areas to gain access to education.

For more information about the procedure, view source:http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/resources3.html 

(5) Briefing: Child labor and the attempts to solve this problem

Queen Noor, who is the NTFC Chair, said that although child labor in Jordan is not a problem of great scale, indicators have shown that it is on the rise thereby necessitating preventative action. She added that the ILO has supported studies on child labor in Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen since 1997 and that the NTFC’s pilot study will be a component of ILO’s report on the status of child labor in the world. The study focuses on "the causes, conditions and consequences of child labor", rather than the magnitude of the problem, which will be covered in a later national survey.

Source:http://www.go.com.jo/QNoorjo/main/childlabr.htm

(6) Briefing: Health and Children

Gastroenterological problems in the period of childhood in Jordan.

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(7) Briefing: Continued discussion about child labor

Source: http://www.iearn.org.au/clp/write71.htm

(8) Briefing: Child abuse discussed further on

STORYLINE:

Police officers in the Kingdom of Jordan get ready to confront a rarely talked about

problem in this region --- the issue of child abuse.Pioneering the effort in the Middle

East, the Jordanian government along with UNICEF, now train law enforcement to detect

abuse cases. It’s part of a breakthrough national effort to protect Jordan’s children.

For detailed information…..source: http://www.un.org/unifeed/script.asp?scriptId=299

(10) Briefing: All issues that challenges the development of the world and youth as well.

In the Middle East and North Africa region, many indicators of gender equality remain among the worst in the world, despite progress over the past few decades. Fertility rates and maternal mortality rates are high, and the participation of women in the labor force is about 26 percent lower than in South Asia, Latin America, or sub-Saharan Africa. Illiteracy rates among adult females are more than 50 percent in some countries. Among youth, a gender gap persists in which 24 percent of girls and 13 percent of boys are illiterate

Very important to all countries research as well …..Source:

http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index-e.htm