Project to empower women in leadership roles launched

AMMAN — Arab Women Organisation (AWO) in cooperation with the Forum of Canadian Federations on Tuesday launched the “Empowering women to play leadership roles” project in provincial, municipal and local councils and political parties.

The project aims to empower women to gain leadership roles by increasing their participation in local governance and influencing policies in collaboration with local officials and political parties, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The project, implemented by the AWO, targets 840 women elected to local councils, members of local associations and 160 members of political parties in the governorates of Karak, Tafila, Madaba and Balqa.

The project’s activities include 24 dialogue sessions and eight training workshops for two days on decentralisation, civic education, social communication skills and women’s leadership.