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‘Kingdom has very weak involvement of women in voluntary work’

By JT | 23:01 September 11, 2017 |
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AMMAN — Jordanians’ involvement in voluntary work stands at 1.55 per cent, compared to 25 per cent in Kuwait and in the US, according to a 2016 study on the organisational and legislative work of cooperative societies from a gender perspective in Jordan.

The study showed weak participation of women, with women societies making up only 6.5 per cent of overall cooperative societies. It attributed it to the “poor” cooperative culture and low levels of marketing and financial returns of cooperative work, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The study, launched by the Jordan National Committee for Family Affairs to increase women economic participation, revealed low levels of competitiveness of cooperative societies.

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