AMMAN, Jordan (AP) – A Christian Jordanian woman said Sunday she is suing her Gulf Arab employer for arbitrary dismissal after she refused a new dress code forcing her to cover her head. The incident ...

Amman, Dec. 7 (Petra) – Minister of Social Development and Head of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Women's Empowerment, Wafaa Bani Mustafa, said Jordanian women can successfully turn their ...

AMMAN, Jordan, Dec 23 (UNHCR) - Social counsellor Ghada shares a bond with the refugee women she helps. Born in Libya to Palestinian parents, she spent her childhood in Saudi Arabia and went to ...

“I took it upon myself to work on an initiative to document traditional dishes that are almost extinct. Unfortunately, when we say ‘almost extinct,’ that is really the case. A few women in the north ...

Despite being born and raised in Jordan, Mohammed Sharaf does not have the right to work in the country. “Every time I go to a place, they tell me we don’t employ Egyptians, knowing I was born and ...

AMMAN — Activists on Wednesday stressed that citizenship rights for families of Jordanian women married to non-Jordanians remain a major demand that will be continuously pursued by the women’s ...

AMMAN — The Jordan Chamber of Industry (JCI) underlined that women are playing an increasingly central role in the Kingdom’s industrial sector, with their participation now accounting for 37 per cent ...

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A Jordanian woman who came close to joining the Islamic State group described a sophisticated 14-month recruitment process by the extremists that she said landed her in a secret ...

A Jordanian woman held by Israel without charge since August and on hunger strike in protest has been moved from her cell to a medical facility, Israel Prison Service said Friday. "The female security ...

Cairo Jordan's mother, also wanted in connection to his death, is still on the run Indiana State Police A woman pleaded guilty in Indiana to her role in the death of a 5-year-old who was found dead in ...