Fair wages and child care: Promoting dignity and equality by empowering workers in the private sector in Jordan

The project seeks to empower women working in private companies and private schools to negotiate for better working conditions in terms of fair remuneration systems, gender sensitive HR policies and child care facilities in the workplace. The initiative will be implemented at the national level with some activities focusing on three regions (North (Irbid) , Centre (Amman) and South (to be identified)) selected on the basis of available information on the gender pay gap and available child care services. The intervention will build on two main components “pay equity” and “child care” based on Article 72 of the Labour Law. These two components will work in tandem to ensure that a holistic approach to gender equality at work is delivered. The project will therefore work towards two key outcomes: 1) Fair remuneration systems and non-discrimination policies adopted by ten private schools in Amman and Irbid, and; 2) Access to daycare facilities for working parents secured in ten private institutions that employ at least 100 women.

Project symbol

JOR/15/02/NOR

Admin unit

RO-Arab States/DWT-Beirut

Start date

01/11/2015

End date

31/10/2017

Total allocation

228551

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

228551

Development Partners

Norway, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Country/Countries

Jordan

Outcomes

Protection of workers from unacceptable forms of work