Guidelines for Women’s Leadership and Skills Development in the Private Sector in Jordan

The Guidelines for Women’s Leadership and Skills Development in the Private Sector are designed to support private sector institutions in Jordan in enhancing women’s representation in leadership and decision-making positions. This effort is undertaken under the UN Women and International Labor Organization (ILO) joint programme “Promoting Productive Employment and Decent Work for Women in Egypt, Jordan and Palestine”, which is generously funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). (1) The joint programme aims to promote productive employment and decent work for women in the region by promoting equitable laws and policies, engaging public, private and community actors, and reducing the uneven burden of unpaid care work.

UN Women developed these Guidelines in partnership with a range of key stakeholders, including the Government, Women’s Empowerment Principles signatories from the private sector, the Jordanian National Commission for Women, civil society, associations of employers and employees and development partners.