Technical Support on Working Conditions

This project aims at improving the working conditions of women in the labour market. Despite ratification of Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) and the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), the legal framework in Jordan remains weak in guaranteeing equal rights to women at work. The initiative will be implemented at the national level, with some activities focusing on three regions selected on the basis of information on the gender pay gap and available child care services. In addition, the interventions will focus on empowering workers in the private education sector by strengthening their negotiation skills and helping them to campaign and claim their right to equal pay and childcare; addressing gender-blind HR systems; and engaging private sector schools and companies in collective dialogue towards better wages and working conditions. Employers and HR managers in seven private schools will be enabled to design and apply gender sensitive remuneration systems and HR policies. Fair remuneration systems and non-discrimination policies will be adopted by ten private schools, and access to day care facilities for working parents will be secured in ten private institutions that employ at least 100 women.

Project symbol

JOR/16/02/RBS

Admin unit

RO-Arab States/DWT-Beirut

Start date

01/01/2016

End date

28/02/2018

Total allocation

290311

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

290311

Development Partners

Core voluntary funds (RBSA)

Country/Countries

Jordan

Outcomes

Protection of workers from unacceptable forms of work