Speakers at the symposium held by the women’s sector in the Islamic Action Front Party this evening on the outcomes of the Women Empowerment Committee in the Royal Committee for the Modernization of the Political System stressed the need to enhance women’s participation in political and public life and achieve justice for them to enable them to play their entrusted role within society and in life Political and public affairs by amending the related legislation based on the provisions of Sharia and the values ​​of Jordanian society and its Arab and Islamic identity

The Head of the Women Empowerment Committee in the Royal Committee for the Modernization of the Political System, Samar Al-Hajj Hassan, indicated that the formation of the Women’s Empowerment Committee in the Royal Committee came to enhance women’s participation in political life and enable them to actively participate, by making direct recommendations for election laws, parties, local administration and related matters. Constitutional amendments, which require the consensus of the members of the committee’s general body, which includes the various spectrums of society, in line with the values ​​of society, its Arab and Islamic identity, and the provisions of the constitution.

Hajj Hassan addressed the most prominent recommendations that came out of the committee, which aims to enhance the political participation of women, raise the percentage of their representation in the House of Representatives through the electoral system, thus expanding their opportunities to reach Parliament, whether through the proposed general partisan list or individual seats within the proposals related to the electoral law, and removing What it described as discriminatory texts against women in the election law, and the absence of a requirement to resign from a public office to run for elections and to be satisfied with obtaining an unpaid leave, in addition to provisions related to the party financing system, and other provisions related to women in the parties law, given that activating women’s participation in Party life is the way to enhance its participation in political and public life, and a number of recommendations related to the local administration law and the percentage of women’s representation in local administration councils and the need to activate local councils, in addition to recommendations related to the constitution and the need to achieve equality for women, equal opportunities and fair representation.

For her part, a member of the Royal Committee for the Modernization of the Political System, former Minister Reem Abu Hassan, pointed to the active role of women in the Royal Committee and the interest in the outputs of the Women Empowerment Committee by the rest of the committees concerned with electoral laws, parties, local administration and constitutional amendments, stressing the need for women’s efforts to create appropriate conditions. With her active participation in public and political life, where Abu Hassan praised the role of the Islamic Action Front party in political participation, and its presentation of women as leaders and candidates, and the women it presented to the country in the parliament, which had a distinct role in parliamentary work.

Abu Hassan considered that there is a politicization of women’s rights, a confusion of concepts of equality and discrimination in society, an examination of women’s concerns, the lifting of the injustice inflicted on them at times, the defense of their rights guaranteed by religion and the constitution, and the achievement of equal opportunities, while stressing that the state is always working to modernize its system. political, and achieving national consensus to reach the required reform

For her part, the head of the women’s sector in the Islamic Action Front Party, Dr. Mabson Darawsheh, referred to a number of observations about the outputs of the Women Empowerment Committee in the Royal Committee, stressing the central and pivotal role of women in society, with consensus on the need for women’s equity and justice in various laws. The applicable law, with disagreement about the premises from which to start, including terms related to women, including the term discrimination and equality in general, instead of justice, without taking into account the privacy of women, including the infringement of women’s special rights in the Personal Status Law, such as their right to alimony and custody and some items Inheritance are other rights granted to women without men according to the Personal Status Law. In addition to what is related to the term “violence” without a specific definition of the practices that are considered violence against women, which makes the use of the term loosely unmeasured, and may be misused in an inappropriate manner. fair.

Darawshe also considered that setting the percentage of women’s representation to be 30% should take into account the eligibility and efficiency criteria for women included and beneficiaries of the required quota ratio, which calls for determining standards of competence, ability and qualification according to specific conditions and criteria, and prioritizing the public interest of society over the private interest of its members, and the need to include The clause “Deterring any discrimination” provides a clear definition of the concept and type of discrimination against women in detail; Therefore, this text can be misused in legislation and application.

She stressed that the clause “adopting the media discourse with frank and bold messages” is a negative prohibition in not taking into account and respecting the culture of society in the media; This is negative for the goal of preserving and respecting the national and cultural identity of citizens. She also emphasized that the philosophy of the law is to respect, express and reflect the societal culture and not contradict it. Rather, culture is one of the sources of law and the constitution and must be taken into account when enacting laws, according to law and constitution experts. Which confirms that the demands to change the societal culture and target it explicitly is not positive, especially since it came without providing justifications for this contradiction nor restricting it to specific conditions.