Don't women from Jordan have the same right as everyone else to be free from gender-based violence?
It calls for "all parties of armed conflict to take special measures to protect women and girls from gender-based violence."
Amnesty International reports that women have been subject to discrimination and gender-based violence.
The women recognized gender-based violence as a matter of fundamental human rights.
Another key healthcare concern is that of gender-based violence within the refugee camps.
In March 2008 joined an international campaign calling for the end of gender-based violence at gunpoint.
In some contexts, female health workers are also subject to gender-based violence including from coworkers and patients.
There has been a sharp rise in gender-based violence within families.
In turn, gender-based violence is legitimised and women's human rights are denied.
In fact, greater knowledge of gender-based violence would make it possible to increase society's sensitivity to this problem.