Family Protiction Project in Jordan

JUSTIFICATIONS:

In march 2000,all bodies involved in family protecton issues met in order to form a team responsible for implemnting the project and reach a common vision as to how to implement the project.

The most important justification given to the necessity of launching this project are the following.

1) Legal Issues:

- Insufficient legal legistlation regarding domestic violence.

Absence of specailzed family courts.-

2) womns 's services :

-limited services provided to women.

Absence of a women's shellter.-

Unawarness of many women of their rights.-

3) children 's services :

-limited services provided to children.

-A need for effective continuos training programmes

-insufficient awreness of the Child's Rights.

4)Puplic Awrness:

-unawareness of family members of thir roles .

-parties of domestic violence don’t report any occuring  violence incidents and don’t allow interference from official institutions in family affairs.

-A need to raise awarness regarding issues of domestic violence.

5)Research:

-insufficient researches,statistics and data related to family protection issues.

6)Model  Family Protection Department:

- A need for relevent institutions concerned with issues of domestic violence and abuse to have a clear definition of domestic vilonce.

-A need to identify clear procedures for dealing with cases

-A need for specialisations of roles.

-A need to establish a working mechanism among the institutions.

GOAL OF THE PROJECT:

Develop and implement a human rights based approach in harmony with  religious teaching and traditions for family protection in jordan.

PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT:

Strengthening national institutional capacity to combat family violence,child abuse and sexual assault cases.

EXPECTED OUTPUT:

1.   Legal  Issues:

Develop and implement a human rights based approach in harmony with religious teaching and traditions within the criminal /civil justice system for victims,witness and offenders.

2.   Children Services:

Sepcialised preventive ,therapeutic and rehabilitative services developed for child victims of violence and abuse.

3.   Women's Serrvices:

Sepcialised support services developed for women victims of violence and abuse.

4.   Research:

Design and implement ongoing research programs to inform policy makers and improve procedures.

5.   Model Family Protecton Departmant:

Design and implement a model Family Protection Department.

6.   Raising A warness :

A higher level of awrness within all sectores of society regarding family violence ,sexual assault and child abuse.

7.Multi-agency Working:

Develop co-ordination among the institution in the field of  family protecton esprcially for the saftety of women and children.

EXPEXTED OUTCOMES:

• Institution adopting a humen based approach in regard to family protection.

• Report of sexual assault ,domestic violence and child abuse cases and provision of appropriate services.

• Establish effective co-ordination systems for multi-agency work amongst institutions.

• Set uo and implement policies and procedures.

• Set up five year national work plans to ensure continuity once the project comes to an end.

Partners involved in the project:

-ministry of Awqaf/Islamic and Religious Affairs.

-of social Development

-of justice

-of Education

-of health

-of information

-Puplic security Directorate

-Jordan River Foundation

-Jordanian women's Union

-Zarqa Family Guidance and Awreness Center

-Other relvent govermental and non-govermental institutions

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