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Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Jordan Network

Jordan · Amman · See the Jordan profile

UN Women's Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Jordan Network grew from 50 signatory companies in 2021 to 256 by 2025, covering 100,000+ employees; signatories recruited 5,000+ women in one year (56% of new hires) and raised women's board representation to 48%.

50
Signatory companies (2021)
256
Signatory companies (2025)
56 %
Women among new hires at signatories
48 %
Women on executive boards at signatories
Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Jordan Network

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
UN Women Jordan / Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW)
Period
2022-present
Keywords
economic empowerment, private sector, corporate governance, gender mainstreaming, employment

Context

Launched in January 2022 by UN Women Jordan with the Jordanian National Commission for Women and the UN Global Compact, the WEPs Jordan Network invites private-sector companies to sign the seven Women's Empowerment Principles and adopt fair hiring, pay-equity and promotion measures.

Results

The network grew from 50 signatory companies in 2021 to 256 by 2025, representing over 100,000 employees; in the most recent reporting year signatories recruited over 5,000 women (56% of new hires), with women's representation in supervisory roles rising to 32% and on executive boards to 48%, up from a 33% baseline.

Conclusions

Because signing the Principles is voluntary and self-declared, results likely vary company to company; the figures are not drawn from an external audit of every signatory.

Implementation

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