• Jordanian women are highly educated — they make up 56% of university graduates.
• Despite this, female workforce participation rate is less than 15%.
• To capitalise on the vast potential of Jordanian women, the country has partnered with the World Economic Forum to close gender gaps in the economy.

Gender parity is a cornerstone of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals — but progress toward it varies drastically across regions and countries.

Jordan ranked 122 out of 146 countries and 5^th in the Middle East and North Africa region in the World Economic Forum’s 2022 Global Gender Gap Index.

Women make up 56% of university graduates, but the country has a 14.2% female workforce participation rate (compared to 62% for men) — one of the lowest rates for participation of women in the MENA region.

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Jordanian women, companies and the country as a whole are failing to reap the returns from their investment in female education.

According to UNICEF, increasing female participation in the Jordanian labour force by 25% over the next seven years would grow the GDP by 5% annually. It’s not just the right thing to do — it’s a major opportunity.

Jordan's Gender Parity Accelerator

In pursuit of this goal, in 2021 the Government of Jordan, in partnership with...

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