The United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA  in Jordan Reproductive Health including Family Planning and Sexual Health    UNFPA’s programme concentrates in the poorer regions of the country, particularly around the Dead Sea and in the north on the border with Syria and Israel. UNFPA’s programme concentrates in five main areas: Improving the quality of reproductive health services utilized by women and men in primary health care facilities; Increasing demand for quality reproductive health services; Increasing access to reliable reproductive health information and counseling for women, men and youth; Strengthening the national capacity to manage, monitor and evaluate reproductive health services offered to the public, private and NGO sectors; and Increasing the political commitment as well as the technical capacity for implementing, monitoring and updating the country’s National Population Strategy.    To support these objectives, UNFPA has helped the national government develop a national reproductive health strategy and has provided support to improve the quality and content of pre-service education in medical schools, midwife programmes and diploma nursing programmes. The Fund has also assisted the Ministry of Health to develop appropriate IEC (Information, Education and Communication) materials aimed at different audiences.    More recently, efforts have centered on empowering women to take a more active role in family and community life. In this regard, UNFPA works with two major NGOs: the Hashemite Fund for Human Development and the Noor Al-Hussein Foundation. Population and Development    UNFPA’s efforts in this area are concentrated on assisting the government implement its National Population Policy in three areas: gender equality, IEC and quality reproductive health care.    The Fund has been instrumental in promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women by working with the Jordanian National Committee for Women and by supporting the work of national NGOs. Advocacy    UNFPA’s advocacy work aims at assisting the government in the following areas: Mobilizing support for population and reproductive health programmes, including services for men and adolescents; Providing information and services designed for adolescents Empowering women.    Another important area is UNFPA’s support for the National Parliamentary Committee on Population and Development. This Committee works to revise and pass legislation in support of the goals and objectives of the National Population Strategy.    UNFPA also works with the government and leading NGOs in an effort to improve women’s rights and access to reproductive health information and services. BACK HOME