WFP hosted a children’s film festival in Za’atri, in cooperation with the Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival

The Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Mr. Imad Fakhoury, has expressed his interest in using WFP’s OneCard platform as a means to enhance and/or replace Jordan’s current unconditional cash assistance.

According to figures from MoL the total number of valid work permits issued to Syrians has now reached above 26 thousand. This constitutes a total of 11% of the migrant labor force registered officially.

In July 2019, the GBV Working Group focused on risk mitigation intervention with the support of UNFPA GBVIE specialist from the roving team. The main purpose of the intervention is to assist humanitarian actors and communities in Jordan to coordinate, plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate essential actions for the prevention and mitigation of GBV across selected sectors of humanitarian response to the Syria crisis. Because of the protracted crisis and the need to strengthen resilience and national capacity this initiative aims as well at involving for the first-time relevant Ministries.

On the occasion of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, the SGBV SWG organized a joint art event in collaboration with the Greater Amman Municipality under the national theme "Break the silence on Economic violence". Over 400 participants attended the event including the general public, donor agencies, humanitarian and development actors, beneficiaries of the programs and refugee volunteers.

UNHCR’s Age, Gender and Diversity Accountability Report 2020 – People at the Centre: The Intersection of Age, Gender and Diversity. This report reflects the progress made on the core actions under Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) Policy and presents many achievements and good practices, as well as gaps and challenges that remain in systematically integrating AGD considerations. Please see the report https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/87615 Also please refer to UNHCR AGDs Policy of March 2018 https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/87614