proposed constitutional amendment. this constitutional amendment would have seen not just referring to the masculine but in the testimony lynn as well. it is aimed at modernizing jordan, backed by the jordanian king. but instead of talking about the issue, parliamentarians instead traded insults and exchanges blows. so what is the key issue? it boils down to women s rights. there are concerns, fears among some parliamentarians that this change could end up leading to changes in jordan s citizenship law and inheritance law. right now as it stands jordanian women are not allowed to pass on citizenship to their children. when it comes to inheritance, that is based on law and it gives more to a man than a woman. they fear any sort of movement towards full equality for women