Jordan: Projects seeking to ensure women’s welfare in the pipeline

AMMAN (JT) - Several projects will be implemented across the Kingdom to protect the welfare of women under a memorandum of understanding signed between the National Council for Family Affairs (NCFA) and UNFPA Sunday. NCFA Secretary General Muna Idris said the memo entails cooperation in the field of protecting families from violence and safeguarding women’s rights, according to an NCFA statement. Established in 2001, the NCFA is a civil society organisation chaired by Her Majesty Queen Rania that seeks to support, coordinate and facilitates the work institutions involved in the field of family affairs.