On Sunday, the Higher Population Council held an induction workshop for members and members of the teaching staff of the departments concerned with official universities on the role of the Council in working on population, development and reproductive health issues at the national and regional levels.
The Assistant Secretary-General of the Higher Council for Population, Rania Al-Abadi, indicated that the Council plays an important role as a national focal point for all population issues and information relating to development and contributes to the formulation of policies, strategies and action plans aimed at providing an enabling and supportive environment for population policies and issues in Jordan in order to reach the peak population opportunity and contribute to the well-being of citizens.
She also indicated that The Council's work was based on a diagnosis of the status quo, a response to national and sectoral strategies, the achievement of sustainable development goals 2030, a response to Jordan's commitments in the decisions of regional and global conferences and their follow-up recommendations, and building on lessons learned.
Al-Abadi noted that the Council's vision is that the population dimension should be an essential element of development in order to ensure the optimal investment of population opportunity and the well-being of Jordanian citizens. In its work programmes, the Council also focuses on achieving sustainable and equitable growth based on planning from the perspective of population opportunity policies, responding to the dimensions of forced and voluntary migrations, promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women, strengthening sexual and reproductive health within the human rights system, and integrating the population dimension into national development plans, through action at three levels: (Enabling environment of national policies, strategies and plans, institutional level of systems, capacities and data, individual and community level of awareness, capacity-building and motivation)
