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Red WEPs (Principios de Empoderamiento de las Mujeres) de Jordania

La Red WEPs de Jordania, de ONU Mujeres, pasó de 50 empresas firmantes en 2021 a 256 en 2025, cubriendo a más de 100.000 empleados; las firmantes contrataron a más de 5.000 mujeres en un año (56% de las contrataciones) y elevaron la representación femenina en los consejos al 48%.

Empresas signatarias (2021)

256

Empresas signatarias (2025)

56 %

Mujeres entre las nuevas contrataciones de las empresas signatarias

48 %

Mujeres en los consejos ejecutivos de las empresas signatarias

Red WEPs (Principios de Empoderamiento de las Mujeres) de Jordania

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

Puesta en marcha en enero de 2022 por ONU Mujeres Jordania junto con la Comisión Nacional Jordana de la Mujer y el Pacto Mundial de la ONU, la WEPs Jordan Network invita a las empresas del sector privado a firmar los siete Women's Empowerment Principles y a adoptar medidas de contratación justa, equidad salarial y promoción.

Results

La red pasó de 50 empresas signatarias en 2021 a 256 en 2025, representando a más de 100.000 empleados; en el último año del que se dispone de datos, las empresas signatarias contrataron a más de 5.000 mujeres (56% de las nuevas contrataciones), con un aumento de la representación femenina en puestos de supervisión hasta el 32% y en los consejos ejecutivos hasta el 48%, frente a una base de referencia del 33%.

Conclusions

Dado que la firma de los Principios es voluntaria y de declaración propia, es probable que los resultados varíen de una empresa a otra; las cifras no proceden de una auditoría externa de cada firmante.

Implementation

Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.

Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-07-05
UN Women Jordan / Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW) — accessed 2026-07-05
UN Sustainable Development Group: Jordan's Women's Empowerment Is Not a Slogan — accessed 2026-07-05
UN Women Jordan: WEPs Jordan Network launched — accessed 2026-07-05
Zawya: Jordan makes notable progress in economic empowerment of women — accessed 2026-07-05
World Bank: Women's Economic Empowerment in Jordan — accessed 2026-07-05

Attachments

Quality score: 85/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

Top 22% in this catalogue (719 scored practices)

Scores cluster high, so position within the catalogue is often more telling than the number alone.

Evaluation

Evaluated by C-NAPSE

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Transferability / replicability2/3

Built on the globally replicated UN Women/UN Global Compact WEPs framework, already active in 20+ countries; Jordan-specific network growth model is itself replicable to other national chambers of commerce.

Impact on gender equality1/1

Verified reach: 256 signatory companies by 2025 covering 100,000+ employees, up from 50 in 2021 - a large and growing footprint in Jordan's formal private sector.

Effectiveness1/1

Reported before/after metrics show board representation rising from a 33% baseline to 48%, and 56% of new hires among signatories being women.

Efficiency0/1

No cost-per-outcome or comparative efficiency data was found in available sources.

Evaluated outcomes1/1

Multi-year, tracked time series (50 to 74 to 188 to 256 companies) constitutes a monitored outcome trend rather than a single self-reported snapshot.

Sustainability1/1

Network has grown continuously since its 2022 launch and is embedded in Jordan's national 2022 Economic Modernization Vision policy target through 2033.

Achievement / evidence1/1

Independently covered by UN Sustainable Development Group reporting and Zawya business media, plus corroborating World Bank publication on Jordan's women's economic empowerment.

Gender-mainstreaming embedding1/1

Explicitly embeds gender equality into core private-sector HR practice (hiring, pay, promotion) rather than a side programme, aligned to national policy.

Curator validation1/1

Figures cross-checked across UN Women reporting, independent business press (Zawya) and World Bank publication references.

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