Using data to promote women’s empowerment in MSD programmes: the experience of AWEF

It’s a strategic sector for the national economy, contributing 2.25 per cent of the GDP, with substantial opportunities for further growth. Female workforce participation in the country stands at only 23 per cent (World Bank 2019), with RMG being one of the sectors in the economy that employs a relatively high proportion of women. In Jordan informal employment represents 44 per cent of total employment, with the majority of informal workers concentrated in agriculture and food 11 Feb 2020