Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan July 2020

Francesca Bina President Binda Consulting International This report prepared by: Esraa Mahadin Executive Director Karak Castle Center Mohammad Khasawneh Director of MENA Programmes Binda Consulting International Field Reasercers: Abla Hajjaia Ahmad Khassawneh Ahmad Khater Ahmad Tarawneh Hadeel Fouqaha Halla Niemat Hanan Abou Karaki Hashim Doughmi Majdouleen Edwan Nour Mughrabi Shouq Enizi Designed by: Ahmad Khassawneh

Table of Contents Introduction 5 Karak Castle Center 7 Friedrich Ebert Stiftung 7 Methodology 8 Summary 9 Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan 10 The Study 13 Election-Related Violence Against Women in Jordan 19 Conclusion 30 Recommendations 31

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan Introduction 1 voters, candidates, and election administrators 1 5

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Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan Karak Castle Center for Consultations and Training Vision  œ««œÀÌՇ  Vœ˜Ãœˆ‡  ˆ˜‡  ˆ˜Vœ˜ÃˆÃ̇ “i˜Ìð Mission `iVˆÃˆœ˜‡ Friedrich Ebert Stiftung 7

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan Methodology >`‡ 8

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Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan Number of interviews per governorate 7 5 21 9 9 7 7 9 10 9 13 22 Irbid Balqa Ajloun Madaba Jerash Karak Mafraq Tafileh Amman Maan Zarqa Aqaba Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan >À̈Vi 1 «Àœ‡  Ài‡ 1 10

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Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan The Study  6Ƃ7 In the workplace “The private sector prefers males because women need maternity leaves and don’t have the  — 43-year-old, divorced, former candidate >LˆˆÌÞ° 13

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan   ways try to undermine their spirits and try to cut her way not to reach senior positions — 61-year-old, married, former candidate The causes of violence — 63-year-old, married, former candidate 14

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan — 51-year-old, married, former candidate — 52-year-old, married, former candidate 15

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan Q: In Jordan, do socio-cultural traditions affect levels and forms of violence against women? Former Candidates Former Election Officials 1.1% 8.0% 17.5% 90.9% 82.5% Yes No I do not know women in Jordan? Former Candidates Former Election Officials 36.4% 47.5% 63.6% Yes 52.5% No  Ài‡ 16

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan Q: Are there adequate services or resources for women victims of violence? Former Candidates 3.4% Former Election Officials 2.5% 34.1% 45.0% 62.5% 52.5% Yes No I do not know «ÀœÌiV‡ — 46-year-old, married, former candidate the tribal system doesn’t allow the law to take its course because some parties inter17

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan  — 46-year-old, married, former candidate 18

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan Election-Related Violence Against Women in Jordan 1 ° Type IEC Commissioners council Number of females 1 Total number of staff 5 Percentage of female 20% Electoral committee offices 159 1776 9% Voters lists presentation staff 77 441 17% Data entry staff 50 150 33% Systems connection staff 36 321 11% Polling and counting committees’ staff 8,345 26,973 31% polling and counting centers staff 2,429 6,630 37% Operation rooms and results staff 269 1,838 15% Special committees’ staff 8 72 11%  ° 19

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan Q: Is violence against women during elections visible publicly? Former Candidates Former Election Officials 2.5% 23.9% 35.0% 76.1% 62.5% Yes No I do not know Violence against women voters  È}‡ — 51-year-old, married, former candidate 20

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan — 40-year-old, single, former candidate — 40-year-old, single, former candidate 21

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan «>À̈Vˆ«>‡ Violence against women candidates  — 33-year-old, married, former candidate — 51-year-old, married, former candidate Number of reported violence cases against women candidates 21 54 Yes, from a stranger Yes, from someone you know 78 (not a family member) Yes, from a family member 22

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan Q: When you were a candidate, did you experience any of the following? Financial blackmail 13 6 7 Comments, negative or derogatory language 51 Physical threats/assault or Sexual harassment 31 9 Defamation, slander, or intimidation 46 11 23 24 4 13 9 27 8 Online threats 12 5 7 0 20 40 60 Yes, from a stranger Yes, from a family member Yes, from someone you know(not a family member) 23

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan  — 53-year-old, married, former candidate — 52-year-old, married, former candidate Q: Have users of social media ever referred to you in a negative or derogatory way? Former Candidates 19.3% Yes No 80.7% 24

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan  — 50-year-old, married, former candidate — 43-year-old, divorced, former candidate — 44-year-old, married, former candidate 25

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan Number of reported violence cases against women officials 4 7 Yes, from a from a voter Yes, from a from a supervisor 4 Yes, from a from a colleague 26

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan  lowing? 8 2 4 2 3 2 1 4 3 1 0 2 4 6 8 Yes, from a from a voter Yes, from a from a supervisor Yes, from a from a colleague 27

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan  ˆ˜‡  Unique barriers to women’s electoral participation ܜ“i˜° 28

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan — 61-year-old, married, former candidate  ܜ“‡ — 44-year-old, married, former candidate 29

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan Conclusion 30

Report on Violence Against Women in Elections in Jordan Recommendations 1 °  œÀ}>˜ˆÃ>‡ 1 31

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