Knowledge we share

Research, policy papers and practical guides, many of them sparked by questions communities asked us – from the Jordan Human Development Report 2004 to last year’s labour market study for Karak.

This is a working library, not an archive. It is there to help design better programmes, make a sharper case, and have better-informed conversations with partners and decision-makers.

Community researchers reviewing local data at the Queen Zein Al Sharaf Institute for Development.

Featured resources

Rural Transformation in Jordan

Rural women: from beneficiaries to partners. Why rural Jordan’s future depends more on the links between people, institutions, knowledge, markets, water and land than on scattered projects – told through the women who stand where all of these meet.

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The Social Learning and Sustainable Livelihoods Framework

How we are turning our centres into places that notice and record change, and development reports from one-off publications into an ongoing conversation. It builds on the participatory approach of the Jordan Human Development Report 2004.

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Governorate Learning Reports

Evidence gathered by the centres, local committees and community dialogue, organised so that local priorities shape programmes, partnerships and public decisions.

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29 resources

Governorate Learning Reports

4
2022

Labour Market Study — Irbid Governorate

Partner / initiative: Labour market study / Irbid
2022

Labour Market Study — Mafraq Governorate

Partner / initiative: Labour market study / Mafraq
2025

Labour Market Study — Karak Governorate

Partner / initiative: Labour market study / Karak
2012

Participatory research on the needs and situation of women in the Idoun area

Partner / initiative: Volunteer Project for Promoting Concepts of Women's Rights

Research Papers

8
2013

Analytical study of the situation of Syrian refugee women in Jordan from a gender and child-protection perspective

Partner / initiative: Johud / UN Women
2010

Study of the economic, social and health indicators of child labour in Jordan

Partner / initiative: Johud / Ministry of Labour
2012

For Women's Economic Rights

Partner / initiative: Johud / CRTD-A / CAWTAR / Oxfam-Québec
2013

Fair Trade Study: Lessons Learned and Best Practices

Partner / initiative: Johud / Regional Project for Women's Economic Empowerment / Oxfam-Québec
Archive copy

Not currently available digitally — archive copy

2013

Rural Women and Local Development — Jordan, Palestine, Tunisia

Partner / initiative: Johud / Asala Association / CAWTAR / Oxfam
PDF22.3 MB
2004

Jordan Human Development Report 2004

Partner / initiative: Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation / UNDP / Johud
2002

Gender indicators for small-enterprise programmes in Jordan

Partner / initiative: Johud / UNIFEM
Archive copy

Not currently available digitally — archive copy

2024

General situation analysis of treatment plants and the initial needs of the farms served

Partner / initiative: Analytical study

Strategy & Policy

8
2010

Women's Right to Property and Inheritance — facts and proposed policies

Partner / initiative: Johud / Jordanian National Commission for Women / Oxfam-Québec
Archive copy

Not currently available digitally — archive copy

2011

Women's Access to and Control over Financial and Economic Resources — facts and proposed policies

Partner / initiative: Johud / Jordanian National Commission for Women / Oxfam-Québec
DOCX834 KB
2011

Women and Entrepreneurship in Small and Micro Enterprises — facts and proposed policies

Partner / initiative: Johud / Jordanian National Commission for Women / Oxfam-Québec
DOCX802 KB
2003

Arab Women's Right to Confer Nationality — the Case of Jordan

Partner / initiative: Jordanian National Commission for Women / Zenid
2025

Dynamics of confronting violence among Jordanian women in the public space — local administration as a model

Partner / initiative: The Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (Johud)
2011

Violation of women's right to choose their type of work

Partner / initiative: Johud / Oxfam-Québec / Jordanian National Commission for Women
DOCX816 KB
2025

Replicating and scaling up rainwater-harvesting systems in Jordan: from pilot projects to real impact

Partner / initiative: Strategy / Jordan
DOCX9.9 MB
2025

Strengthening protection for survivors of domestic violence in Jordan: towards an immediate and comprehensive protection system

Partner / initiative: Policy paper

Training Materials & Guides

6
2025

Comprehensive training guide for strengthening the institutional capacities of agricultural and community associations

Partner / initiative: Training guide
2023

Guidance manual for private-sector employers to promote a safe working environment for women's participation in the labour market

Partner / initiative: Guidance manual
2025

Guide to advanced irrigation techniques and management of treated water in agriculture

Partner / initiative: Guide
PDF80.2 MB
2025

Guide to rainwater harvesting and greywater systems

Partner / initiative: Technical / guidance manual
PDF28.9 MB
2025

Guidance booklet for water-harvesting systems: operation, maintenance and general safety

Partner / initiative: Guidance booklet
PDF13.9 MB
2024

Guide on gender-based violence against persons with disabilities

Partner / initiative: Guide

Annual Reports

3
2025

Johud Annual Report 2025

Partner / initiative: Arabic edition
2025

Johud Annual Report 2025 (English)

Partner / initiative: English edition
2025

Johud Annual Report 2025 — print edition

Partner / initiative: Arabic print edition for the website