Article by Samar Zughool, MSc, political scientist, manager of intercultural programs and researcher ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ “Women and LGBTQIA+ persons in Jordan face intersectional discrimination enabled by theocratic dictatorship, colonial legacies, and neocolonialism.” The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has a monarchy constitution that vests executive authority to the king. The Hashemite is the royal family’s name, which […]
According to Article 195 of the Jordanian Penal Code, criticizing the nice king in any way is considered a crime of “lèse-majesté” and carries a punishment of one to three years in prison. Under this misogynist monarchy, women in Sharia courts dealing with domestic relations cannot be complete witnesses. In family courts, one man equals […]
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