The Arab Women's Association AWO, the Arab Network for Civic Education ANHRE and ACTED organized the final discussion workshop within the project "Increasing the participation of Jordanian local civil society organizations in the humanitarian response to the Syrian crisis through gender planning", funded by Women's Fund for Peace and Humanity. On 31st of January 2019, the final event was a series of five mobilization events within the project "Increasing the participation of local Jordanian civil society organizations in the humanitarian response to the Syrian crisis through gender-based planning".
This event aimed to reflect on the stages of the project, which lasted from October 2017 to January 2019. It was implemented in five Jordanian governorates (Irbid, Mafraq, Tafila, Zarqa and East Amman), as well as highlighting the most important successes, good practices and learning points, especially with regard to the design and implementation of community initiatives responsive to the Syrian crisis.
On the second day, Mr. Refaat Sabbah presented the UNESCO Coordinating Committee for Education 2030 with a speech on the importance of community action within the framework of the goals of sustainable development, which is a comprehensive framework with human, social, developmental and human dimension that emphasizes the values of universality, non-exclusion and elimination of all forms of discrimination. In his speech, he emphasized on the importance of working towards achieving a good, equitable, secure, and inclusive education and redoubling joint efforts to protect this right as one of the bastions that constitutes a safety factor for societies. In the same context, Professor Kamal Al-Mashrouqi, who is a human rights expert, addressed the importance of international protection for refugees at all times, which is guaranteed by international treaties and conventions to mitigate violations and abuses that may result from asylum.
This was followed by a panel discussion entitled "Luminous Stations in the Project Journey, What We Learned and We Love to Participate" during which the trainers and project partners were hosted. Ms. Laila Naffa’, Director of the Arab Women's Association, talked about the importance of this project, National and local civil society in the humanitarian response to the Syrian crisis through the implementation of initiatives responsive to the needs of Syrian women in host communities. These initiatives have contributed to the empowerment and empowerment of Jordanian women in responding to the needs of Syrian refugees in the sectors of Knowing and reproductive health and social protection. Mrs. Fotouh Younes, Executive Director of the Arab Network for Civic Education, said that through the project, we have managed to reach a large segment of Syrian women who have benefited directly or indirectly through the various activities of the project, whether through local training held in the governorates or through awareness workshops. Seminars aimed at raising their awareness of plans to respond to the official Syrian crisis or for learning workshops to share lessons learned in implementing initiatives responsive to the needs of Syrian refugees through local civil society institutions.
It is worth mentioning that the project "Increasing the Participation of Jordanian Local Civil Society Organizations in the Humanitarian Response to the Syrian Crisis through Gender-Based Planning" is being implemented in partnership with the Arab Women's Association, the Arab Network for Civic Education-ANHRE and ACTED, funded by the Women's Fund for Peace and Humanism in 5 governorates. Kingdom (Zarqa, East Amman, Irbid, Mafraq and Al-Tafila). The project, which runs from November 2017 until the end of January 2019, aims to build the capacities and knowledge of local associations to integrate women and youth into their plans and programs in the context of the Syrian crisis and build their capacity to collect and analyse data based on gender sensitive evidence to influence decision-making more effectively.
The Women's Fund for Peace and Humanity is the only global funding mechanism exclusively dedicated to supporting women's participation in peace-building and humanitarian action. The Women's Fund is a flexible and fast funding tool that supports specific qualitative interventions to enhance the capacity of local women to anticipate conflicts, respond to crises and emergencies and capture key peace-building opportunities. The Fund is an innovative partnership between Member States, the United Nations and civil society, representing all interested parties in its Global Finance Council. The United Nations Women's Fund provides support to the Fund as a Secretariat and ensures coordination for the implementation of the decisions of the Financing Board.
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