The status of gender and development programming in Jordan: still “adding women and stirring?”

In this article, we evaluate the contemporary status of gender anddeveloping programming in Jordan by analyzing data collectedfrom interviews with 23 organizations. Gender programming isoften fragmented and ad hoc in nature taking a “gender equalswomen” with a focus on anti-poverty and efficiency-ba...

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Main Authors: Ragetlie, Rosalind, Najjar, Dina, Baruah, Bipasha
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Taylor and Francis Group 2025
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176677
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description In this article, we evaluate the contemporary status of gender anddeveloping programming in Jordan by analyzing data collectedfrom interviews with 23 organizations. Gender programming isoften fragmented and ad hoc in nature taking a “gender equalswomen” with a focus on anti-poverty and efficiency-basedapproaches, rather than considering gender as a relational socialconstruct. The blurred line between the state and NGOs alsoundermines the potential to engage with the roots of genderinequality. We conclude by stressing the important role of bothstate feminism and grassroots mobilization efforts in advancinggender mainstreaming in the MENA region
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spelling CGSpace1766772026-01-15T02:18:26Z The status of gender and development programming in Jordan: still “adding women and stirring?” Ragetlie, Rosalind Najjar, Dina Baruah, Bipasha gender mainstreaming jordan middle east and north africa (mena) gender and development In this article, we evaluate the contemporary status of gender anddeveloping programming in Jordan by analyzing data collectedfrom interviews with 23 organizations. Gender programming isoften fragmented and ad hoc in nature taking a “gender equalswomen” with a focus on anti-poverty and efficiency-basedapproaches, rather than considering gender as a relational socialconstruct. The blurred line between the state and NGOs alsoundermines the potential to engage with the roots of genderinequality. We conclude by stressing the important role of bothstate feminism and grassroots mobilization efforts in advancinggender mainstreaming in the MENA region 2025-09-25T15:23:31Z 2025-09-25T15:23:31Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176677 en Open Access application/pdf Taylor and Francis Group Rosalind Ragetlie, Dina Najjar, Bipasha Baruah. (28/4/2025). The status of gender and development programming in Jordan: still “adding women and stirring? ”. Canadian Journal of Development Studies.
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Ragetlie, Rosalind
Najjar, Dina
Baruah, Bipasha
The status of gender and development programming in Jordan: still “adding women and stirring?”
title The status of gender and development programming in Jordan: still “adding women and stirring?”
title_full The status of gender and development programming in Jordan: still “adding women and stirring?”
title_fullStr The status of gender and development programming in Jordan: still “adding women and stirring?”
title_full_unstemmed The status of gender and development programming in Jordan: still “adding women and stirring?”
title_short The status of gender and development programming in Jordan: still “adding women and stirring?”
title_sort status of gender and development programming in jordan still adding women and stirring
topic gender mainstreaming
jordan
middle east and north africa (mena)
gender and development
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