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All Publications
All Publications
19 Dec 2023
Towards Dignified Inclusive Opportunities: EnhancingSelf-Reliance and Access to the Formal Labour Marketfor Refugees and Host Communities
This advocacy paper aims to raise awareness of refugees' accessibility to the formal labour market in Jordan among governments and international stakeholders at the Global Refugee Forum. The paper provides recommendations for reinforced coordination between different stakeholders to promote economic...
Author : Dr Yara Shaban, Marah Jamous
06 Dec 2023
Gender, climate and cohesion - Uncovering the linkages between climate change, human security and gender in Jordan
Women in Jordan are particularly impacted by climate change facing disproportionate economic, social and cultural challenges, and exposure to climate-related social tensions. Furthermore, women and girls can be at increased risk of gender-based violence (GBV) despite these compound challenges, women...
Author : Dr. Majd Al Naber, Reem Alhaddadin, Samer Fakhoury
06 Dec 2023
Gender, climate and cohesion - Uncovering the linkages between climate change, human security and gender in Jordan - Research Summary
Women in Jordan are particularly impacted by climate change facing disproportionate economic, social and cultural challenges, and exposure to climate-related social tensions. Furthermore, women and girls can be at increased risk of gender-based violence (GBV) despite these compound challenges, women...
Author : Dr. Majd Al Naber, Reem Alhaddadin, Samer Fakhoury
21 Nov 2023
Challenges in the WASH Sector in Dahiyet Al Malek Abdallah in Light of the Syrian Refugee Influx
The policy brief presents challenges in the WASH sector in urban refugee-hosting areas and suggests technical and policy recommendations to accommodate the influx of Syrian refugees in Jordan, based on a research study conducted in Dahiyet Al Malek Abdallah in Al Mafraq Governorate.
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Author : Samer Fakhoury , Reem Alhaddadin
01 Aug 2023
Conservation of Oasis Ecosystems in the MENA Region under Water Stress
This report explores the challenges that are facing the oasis ecosystem attributed to climate change and unsustainable practices in different countries in the MENA region including Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Oman and Algeria. The report highlights examples where oasis ecosystems are used as dr...
Author : Samer Fakhoury , Reem Alhaddadin
05 Apr 2023
Scaling up sustainable energy in Jordan’s public buildings: The case for greening schools and hospitals in refugee-hosting countries.
This white paper demonstrates that coordinated efforts to adopt a people‐centred approach to retrofitting and solarizing public buildings can bring national wellbeing, humanitarian and economic gains. The findings and recommendations are the culmination of a series of inter-ministry discussions and ...
Author : Glada Lahn, Eng. Lama Gharaibeh, Dr Majd Al-Naber, Nour Al-Najjar, Reem AlHaddadin, and Dr Sahar Jreisat
13 Dec 2022
Labour Contractual Problems in the Construction Sector in Jordan: Can Innovation Provide Practical Solutions?
The construction sector is becoming a contributor to Jordan’s economy due to its role in raising the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employing many workers. With the growing population in Jordan, it is expected that the construction sector will witness further growth. However, Jordanian workers and...
Author : Atallah Mashaqbeh
13 Dec 2022
Overview of the Challenges Facing the Realisation of Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities in Jordan
This policy paper offers a review of the existing policies on accessibility for persons with disabilities (PwD) in Jordan and sheds light on their experiences in order to identify gaps that hinder the adoption of these policies. This paper discusses how people with disabilities actually experience a...
Author : Enas Alkhatib
13 Dec 2022
The Case for Increased Collaboration Between Academia and Industry in the Food Sector in Jordan
Collaboration between universities and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) can facilitate knowledge transfer and stimulate the production of new knowledge and technology. This paper addresses the limited collaboration venues between universities and MSMEs in the food processing sector in Jor...
Author : Reham Al-Hanakta
13 Dec 2022
Civic Technology to Enhance Citizens' Engagement in Jordan's Public Policy
The government of Jordan and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) continue to launch new digital tools to keep up with the globalised world and enhance citizens' engagement through the use of technology. However, the term "Civic Technology" is yet to be introduced into Jordan's public policy, and more...
Author : Shahd Almahameed
13 Dec 2022
Applying a Geopolitical Perspective in Designing Innovation Policies: A Comparative Case Study Between Jordan and Lebanon
This paper argues how a geopolitical perspective can shed light on the dynamics of policymaking and policy recommendations. Introducing a geopolitical point of view might help strengthen the design of innovation policies by considering the geopolitical factors involved in policy success. The geopoli...
Author : Amélie André
08 Dec 2022
Public Policies for Innovation in Jordan: Realities and Ambitions
These policy papers are part of the project entitled "Public Policies for Innovation in Jordan: Realities and Ambitions" implemented jointly by the West Asia-North Africa Institute (WANA) and the Konrad-Adenauer- Stiftung (KAS) – Jordan Office. The aim of the project is to raise awareness on the iss...
27 Nov 2022
Dropout of Students with Disabilities from Public Schools’ Basic Educational Stage: Jerash Governorate
This policy brief aimed to study the reality of school dropout among students with disabilities from the basic school stage in public schools in Jerash Governorate. This was done in order to reveal the causes of this problem and the extent of its impact on this category of children. It also aims to ...
27 Nov 2022
Micro-Enterprises Run by Women in the Kufranja District: Reality and Challenges
This policy brief aimed to study the reality of women who manage micro-enterprises in the Kufranja District in Ajloun Governorate, and to identify the most important challenges that hinder the process of their economic empowerment through micro-enterprises. The policy brief concludes with a number o...
27 Nov 2022
Women Overburdened by the Public Transport: Obstacles to Economic Participation
This policy brief put forth a number of recommendations addressed to decision and policy makers in the public transportation sector, which aim to improve the public transportation system in Jerash governorate in a manner commensurate with the conditions of women, and in light of their multiple roles...
27 Nov 2022
Promoting Accessible Tourism for Persons With Motor and Visual Disabilities
This policy brief is designed to study the status of the touristic places in Ajloun Governorate, specifically Ajloun Castle and Mar Elias Hill, and the extent to which they are prepared in a manner appropriate for the needs of persons with motor and visual disabilities. The policy brief concluded wi...
27 Nov 2022
Impacts of Domestic Water Supply on Women in Jerash Governorate: Health, Safety and Income
This policy brief is designed to identify the status of domestic water supply in Jerash Governorate, specifically the Al-Mirad area (Sakib, Al-Hawaiyah, and Al-Husayniyyat), and how it impacts on women’s lives. The policy brief concluded that the scarcity of water resources in Al-Mirad area led to a...
17 Jul 2022
Natural Resource Governance in Light of the 2030 Agenda: The Case of Competition for Groundwater in Azraq, Jordan
This study analyses a complex social-ecological system (SES), the case of competition for groundwater in Azraq, in the light of the 2030 Agenda. Building on the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework (IAD) and the concept of Networks of Adjacent Action Situations (NAAS) it assess the compl...
Author : Ines Dombrowsky, Ramona Hägele, Lukas Behrenbeck, Thomas Bollwein, Mirjana Köder, Daniel Oberhauser, Ronja Schamberger, Majd Al-Naber, Marwan Al-Raggad, Elias Salameh
04 Jul 2022
Assessing the Job Creation Potential of the Social Economy in the MENA Region
The role of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) in the process of job creation and formalisation of the informal economy has been understudied. This policy study aims to examine the issue of widespread youth employment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and the mismatch between la...
Author : Philippe Adair; Vladimir Hlasny; Kareem Sharabi Rosshandler; Mariem Omrani
08 May 2022
A Decade of Hosting Syrian Refugees in Jordan - Lessons Learnt for Poland
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, approximately 6.5 million persons became internally displaced and over 4 million fled to neighbouring countries, predominantly to Poland. Given the country’s lack of experience in welcoming such a large number of refugees, the present article proposes a set of...
Author : Katarzyna Sidło and Marah Jamous
28 Mar 2022
Scaling up renewable energy and energy efficiency for public facilities in a refugee-hosting country: The case of schools and hospitals in Jordan
This white paper demonstrates that a coordinated effort to take a people‐centred approach to retrofitting and solarizing public buildings can bring national wellbeing, humanitarian and economic gains. The findings and recommendations are the culmination of a series of inter-ministry discussions and ...
Author : Glada Lahn, Eng. Lama Gharaibeh, Dr Majd Al-Naber, Nour Al-Najjar, Reem AlHaddadin, and Dr Sahar Jreisat
24 Mar 2022
Jordanian Young Analysts: Refugees and Forced Migrants - Jordanian Youth Policy Perspectives
These policy papers are part of the project entitled «Jordan-EU Dialogue on Human Security Issues» implemented jointly by the West Asia-North Africa Institute (WANA) and the Konrad-Adenauer- Stiftung (KAS) – Jordan Office. The aim of the project is to raise awareness on the issues of importance and ...
01 Feb 2022
Bans, Restrictions, and Missed Opportunities in Jordan: 3D Printing and Drone Technology
This study seeks to estimate the opportunity lost to Jordan’s economy owing to the regulations governing two cross-cutting ICT technologies, commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) and 3D printers. In an effort to assess how restricted access to new technologies – namely 3D printers and drones ...
24 Oct 2021
Women Working in the Agricultural Sector within the Northern Jordan Valley District: Realities and Challenges
The paper was designed to study the reality of women's work in the agricultural sector within Tabqat Fahl municipality, including: The nature and conditions of the work; the challenges facing women and how they affect them. Thus, it aimed to provide solutions and recommendations to decision makers f...
21 Oct 2021
Labour Market Inclusion of Persons with Mobility Disability, in Kasbat Irbid
Work is central to people’s well-being. Due to the importance of work in improving the lives of persons with disability and its role in obtaining their rights to economic participation, achieving their independence, equal opportunities, and improving their lives and those of their families, which l...
20 Oct 2021
Media Monitoring of the Rights of People with Disabilities in the Jordanian Official Newspapers
This paper aims to clarify the extent of the official written media commitment, especially Al-Rai newspaper and Al-Dustour, to tackle the 'rights' of persons with disabilities correctly based on the human rights approach. The paper also aims at shedding light on the extent to which media organisatio...
20 Oct 2021
Women Working in Micro Enterprises in Kasbat Al-Mafraq: Reality and Challenges
This paper aimed to identify the reality of micro income-generation enterprises run by women in the Kasbat Al- Mafraq, by identifying the nature of the enterprises run by the women, and highlighting the difficulties faced by these women entrepreneurs, and then providing solutions and recommendations...
19 Oct 2021
Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on the “livelihoods” of Syrian refugees in Jordan
Through the lens and voices of syrian refugees in Jordan, the policy brief highlights how covid19 affected their livelihoods, especially access to water (already scarce) & education, despite efforts to mitigate the impact. The brief provides recommendations to alleviate the conditions of the ref...
Author : Reem Alhaddadin
18 Oct 2021
Cyberbullying: Online Violence Against Women during COVID-19 Pandemic, in Irbid Governorate
This paper aims to shed light on cyberbullying practiced against women during the Covid-19 pandemic, through the social media platform Facebook. The research aimed to identify the methods of cyberbullying that were practiced against women; its causes, forms and effects during the pandemic, the paper...
06 Sep 2021
Tracing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Jordanian Civic Education Curriculum
This study aims to identify the extent to which the rights of persons with disability are included in the Jordanian curriculum, specifically the curriculum of national and civic education in the basic stage of grades 4-10 based on the Law No. 20 of 2017 on the Rights of Persons with Disability, whic...
Author : Hayat Al-Shoubaki
26 Aug 2021
From Refugee to Restaurateur: A Syrian Entrepreneur’s Route to Success in Jordan
Ten years have passed since the outbreak of the Syrian conflict, and it “remains the world’s largest refugee crisis.” After a decade of continuously hosting Syrians in Jordan, today they form 10 per cent of the Jordanian population. Making Jordan the second host country of refugees per capita in the...
Author : Marah Jamous
15 Aug 2021
Stateless: A Refugee Success Story
This policy brief highlights the social, procedural, and financial difficulties facing refugees, especially Gazans in Jordan, through the story of the entrepreneur Mohammad. He is a Palestinian refugee living in the Gaza Camp who is directly affected by the lack of documentation.
Author : Samer Fakhoury
04 Jul 2021
The Story of a Soap
This policy brief sheds light on refugee entrepreneurship in Jordan inspired by a success story of a Syrian refugee entrepreneur. It provides an analysis of the context and challenges she faced on her way to entrepreneurship. The brief puts forward key policy-recommendations responding to these chal...
Author : Rawa'a Moumar
22 Jun 2021
Reflections on EU-Jordanian Cooperation: Towards Tertiary Economics
Experts and researchers have carefully processed and analysed the answers of the nearly 800 respondents of the EuroMeSCo Euromed Survey, launched in December 2020 coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the Barcelona Process and ahead of the Joint Communication on a Renewed Partnership with the Sout...
Author : Kareem Al-Sharabi
03 Jun 2021
Young Voices: Jordanian Youth in Public Policy-Making 2020
These policy papers are part of the project entitled "Jordan-EU Dialogue on Human Security Issues" implemented jointly by the West Asia-North Africa Institute (WANA) and the Konrad-Adenauer- Stiftung (KAS) – Jordan Office. The aim of the project is to raise awareness on the issues of importance and ...
07 Mar 2021
Best Practice Reflections on PVE in the Context of the National Action Plans on UNSCR 1325 Comparative Study
The year 2020 marks the 20th Anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS), which established a normative framework to ensure women’s needs, voices and perspectives are incorporated into peace-building and peace-keeping efforts.
20 Dec 2020
Public Transportation and its Impact on the Economic Participation of Women in Madaba Governorate
Efficient public transport empowers the population of a country. It is an essential part of their daily mobility, regardless of its social or economic purposes. The importance of the transport sector in the Jordanian economy is reflected by its percentage contribution to the gross domestic product (...
20 Dec 2020
Early Intervention Procedures for Persons with Visual and Mild Mental Impairments in Zarqa
Despite the great importance of early intervention programmes (a system of services to promote the development of children and support their families during their critical years) in the lives of persons with impairments and the impact of these programmes on their social, educational, practical and e...
20 Dec 2020
Pandemic and the Impact of Distance Learning Methods on Students with Visual and Auditory Disabilities: The Zarqa Governorate
In Jordan, emerging barriers to education and obstacles to learning facing students with disabilities, represented by access to fair and quality education, became evident in the transition to distance learning with the onset of the pandemic, and despite the existence of international agreements that...
20 Dec 2020
Better Accessibility to Public Infrastructure for Persons with Visual and Mobility Disability, in Kasbat Al-Zarqa
In Jordan, the number of individuals with a disability aged 5 years and over, reached (651,396). This paper aims to 1) study the accessibility to public infrastructure for persons with visual and mobility disability in Kasbat Zarqa, 2) study the role of the competent municipalities and directorates ...
17 Jun 2020
Call for Support for the People of Yemen
Lying at the crossroads of Africa, the Middle East and Asia, Yemen, alongwith Mesopotamia and the Nile Valley, represents one of the core ancient civilizations around which the modern Middle East has been built. To the Ancient Greeks and Romans, it was Arabia Felix, Fortunate Arabia. Today, however,...
09 Jun 2020
Chronicling the Coronavirus: A Perspective on Kuwait’s Response
The West Asia-North Africa (WANA) Institute recorded a nation’s response as it told the story of COVID-19 in the State of Kuwait. The WANA team put together a chronology of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic as it unfolded in Kuwait. This document is accompanied by reflections that touches on qu...
Author : Kareem Al-Sharabi
07 Jun 2020
Policy Dynamics: A COVID-19 Perspective on Lebanon
The West-Asia North Africa (WANA) Institute documented a series of policy measures that were taken in response to COVID-19 in Lebanon. The WANA team explored the success, stringency, chronological patterns and future implications of these measures on the country. This document is an analytical read ...
Author : Barik Mhadeen
03 May 2020
Proclaiming the Levant: Exiting from a Region Marred with Bilateral Cooperation to Regional Dialogue Water Shortage, Turning Crisis into Opportunity
The West Asia – North Africa Institute undertook research into the shared water aquifers in the Levant region which have long been considered vital conduits to different parts of the world. Treaties to manage transboundary water were signed, but coordinated management is still rare. The analytical...
Author : Dr. Majd Al Naber, Reem Alhaddadin
09 Apr 2020
Chronicling the Coronavirus: A Perspective from Jordan
West Asia-North Africa Institute (WANA) has put together a working chronology of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic as it has unfolded in Jordan. The journal-like texts have been accompanied by reflections that touch on questions of epidemiology as well as issues of governance and policymaking as...
24 Feb 2020
Unlocking the Potential of Entrepreneurship in Creating Jobs for Youth in Jordan
This paper is part of a series of policy papers written by participants of the workshop “Promotion of Think Tank Work on Socio-Economic Reforms and the Impact of Regional Dynamics on Jordan” organised by the German Council on Foreign Relations’ Middle East and North Africa Program (DGAP) in the fall...
Author : Hadeel Qatamin
18 Feb 2020
Unity & Inclusion: Refugees and the Jordanian Host Community
On behalf of the MENA Civil Society Network for Displacement, WANA researched and wrote “Unity & Inclusion: Refugees and the Jordanian Host Community”. The report assesses to what extent refugees in Jordan are living in a state of ‘unity and inclusion’. Unity primarily concerns refugees’ ability...
Author : Kareem Al-Sharabi
28 Jan 2020
Water and Agriculture in Jordan: Understanding Current Water and Agricultural Priorities and Futures
This publication portrays key impediments hindering efforts to improve and sustain water and food security in Jordan, in which it builds on the dialogue between different water users and policy planners and makers on sustainable water use by understanding each other’s current water and agricultural ...
Author : Dr. Majd Al Naber, Reem Alhaddadin, Dr. Michael Gilmont
19 Dec 2019
Policy Brief: Public Transportation Issues and their Impact on the Economic Participation of Women in Amman
This paper is part of a series titled “Towards Inclusive Participation of Vulnerable Women and People with Disabilities in the Social and Economic Life”. The project was implemented by the Social Justice pillar, the West Asia-North Africa Institute (WANA) and supported by IM Swedish Development Part...
19 Dec 2019
Position Paper: Parental Leave in Jordan and its Impact on the Economic Integration of Women
This paper is part of a series titled “Towards Inclusive Participation of Vulnerable Women and People with Disabilities in the Social and Economic Life”. The project was implemented by the Social Justice pillar, the West Asia-North Africa Institute (WANA) and supported by IM Swedish Development Part...