Jordan, Qatar Charity sign grant agreement worth 10m riyals
Grant to support Kingdom’s COVID vaccination efforts
By JT - Jul 12,2021 - Last updated at Jul 12,2021
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Nasser Shraideh and Qatar Charity CEO Yousef Ahmed Al Kuwari sign an agreement in the presence of Qatar’s Ambassador to Jordan Sheikh Saud Bin Nasser Al Thani on Sunday (Petra photo)
AMMAN The Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation and Qatar Charity on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding, under which Qatar will provide 10 million Qatari riyals to support the Kingdom’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts for citizens and Syrian refugees, according to a ministry statement.
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Women leaders in governorates fight online abuse, misinformation
Community initiatives include legal clinic for cybercrime victims, digital literacy training for citizens, social media campaigns for teens and cartoons for youth
By JT - Mar 04,2021 - Last updated at Mar 04,2021
Participants are seen during the Training of Trainers in Musa Saket Development Organisation in Balqa on July 9, 2020 (Photo courtesy of IREX)
AMMAN After completing a skill-building programme in digital literacy, critical thinking and leadership, a group of women in Tafileh set out to raise awareness of cybercrimes and their effects on the community, and to provide initial support and mitigation measures to victims.
Jordan to host 9th Global Land Forum
By Maria Weldali - Feb 23,2021 - Last updated at Feb 23,2021
AMMAN Jordan is preparing to host the ninth Global Land Forum, being the first host-country in the region, with the aim to highlight land-related issues nationally, regionally and globally.
Organised by the International Land Coalition (ILC), the forum is a triannual meeting that brings together NGOs, research centres, government agencies, institutions and community-based organisations in the hosting country to build a vision and roadmap for land governance based on local and national priorities, according to the ILC website.
“The Kingdom will host the first Global Land Forum-Youth, a space for young people where they would debate and define their own agenda,” Raed Gharib, CEO of SEEDS Jordan, a nonprofit organisation that invests in the power of young people, to face global challenges, and one of the board members of the ILC, told The Jordan Times on Tuesday.