Context in Jordan

Today, Jordan hosts more than 750,000 million refugees escaping from the effects of war in Syria, Palestine, and adjoining countries. However, despite the efforts of the United Nations, Jordanian Government, and humanitarian aid organizations, thousands of refugees lack a covering of their essential living needs. In this crisis, women and children result in the majority of the affected population.

In 2018, UNICEF estimated that 85 percent of Syrian refugee children in Jordan were living below the poverty line and that around 60,000 households are headed by women according to UNHCR data. The reality of women being the breadwinners of their families is similar in other territories such as Yemen, Iraq, Somalia, and Sudan. In Yemen, for example, according to UNHCR data, one out of four displaced families are led by a woman or a girl, where 2.6 million live in food insecurity and almost 80% of the internally displaced population are women. More opportunities and support need to be provided to Syrian, Palestinian, Yemeni, Soudanese, Iraquis, and Somalis women and children refugees, victims of the war.